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17 Cards in this Set
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Sec. 1 |
Pg. 289 |
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Surface Water |
Fresh water on Earth's land surface |
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River System |
When streams and rivers move across land the form a flowing network of water |
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Watershed |
The area of landed drained by a river |
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Groundwater |
Water beneath the Earth's surface |
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Aquifer |
An underground formation that holds groundwater |
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Porosity |
The percentage of of the total volume of a rock that has spaces |
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Permeability |
the ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it |
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Recharge Zone |
An area of the Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer |
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Sec. 3 |
Pg. 304 |
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Water Pollution |
The introduction of harmful things that degrade water quality. |
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Point-source Pollution |
Pollution discharged from a single point. |
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Non point-source Pollution |
Comes form many different sources that are normally hard to identify. |
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Waste Water |
Water that contains waste from homes or industries |
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Artificial Eutrophication |
Eutrophication caused by humans |
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Thermal Pollution |
When the temperature of a body of water increases too much. |
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Bio magnification |
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