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42 Cards in this Set
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hydrology |
the study of water |
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water distribution |
where water is on water |
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hydrosphere |
the place where all water is on earth |
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aquifer |
a body of rock or sediment that stores ground water |
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ground water |
water that seeps below the ground |
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spring |
a place where ground water flows above ground |
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sublimation |
the transition of a substance directly from a solid to a gas |
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transpiration |
the process by witch plants absorb water through its pores in its leaves |
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respiration |
the process by witch animals are releasing co2 |
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infiltration |
the process by witch water on the ground enters the surface |
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percolation |
the process by witch water moves through the pores of the bedrock to fill aquifers |
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interception |
precipitation that does not reach the soil |
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runoff |
the flow of the water over the surface of the land |
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tributaries |
a stream that flows into a lake or a large body of water |
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river basin |
the portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries |
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water shed |
the area of land drained by a water system |
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upwelling |
the movement of nutrient water |
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estuary |
an area where fresh water with salt water |
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plankton |
microorganism that drift in the sea |
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phyto |
plant |
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zoo |
animal |
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continental shelf |
begins at the shoreline gently sloping towards the ocean |
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continental slope |
begins at the edge of the contanental shelf |
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abyssal plain |
butt |
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mid ocean ridge |
mountain chains that forms the ocean floor |
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rift valley |
as mountains and valleys form |
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sea mounts |
individual mountains made up of volcanic material |
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ocean trenches |
huge rocks in the deep ocean basis |
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bio-indicator |
animals and plants that respond to chemical and physical reactions |
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the acid base balance of water |
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point source pollution |
pollution coming from a main source |
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non-point source pollution |
pollution that comes from many different places |
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dissolved oxygen |
oxygen in the water the deeper more of it and the higher less |
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thermal pollution |
when power plants heat the water |
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turbidity |
temperature |
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erosion |
turbidity |
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