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15 Cards in this Set
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Surface Water Section 1 |
fresh water on Earth's land surface |
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River System Section 1 |
streams and rivers move across the land, forming a flowing network of water |
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Watershed Section 1 |
The area of land that is drained by a river |
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Groundwater Section 1 |
The water that percolates through the soil and down into the rocks beneath |
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Aquifer Section 1 |
An underground formation that contains groundwater |
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Porosity Section 1 |
The percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces. |
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Permeability Section 1 |
The ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it. |
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Recharge Zone Section 1 |
An area of the Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer. |
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Water Pollution Section 3 |
The introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into the water that degrade water quality and adversely affect the organisms that depend on the water. |
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Point-Source Pollution Section 3 |
Pollution discharged from a single source. |
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Nonpoint-Source Pollution Section 3 |
Pollution that comes from many different sources that are often difficult to identify. |
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Wastewater Section 3 |
Water that contains waste from homes or industry. |
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Artificial Eutrophication Section 3 |
The natural process of eutrophication is accelerated when inorganic plant nutrients, such as phosphorus and nitrogen, enter the water from sewage and fertilizer runoff. |
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Thermal Pollution Section 3 |
When the temperature of a body of water, such as a lake or stream, increases. |
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Biomagnification Section 3 |
Buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain. |
