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16 Cards in this Set
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Surface Water |
Fresh water on Earth's land surface. |
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River System |
When stream and rivers move across the land and from a flowing network of water. |
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Watershed |
The area of land that is divided by a river. |
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Groundwater |
Water beneath the Earth's surface in sediment and rock formations. |
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Aquifer |
An underground formation that contains groundwater. |
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Porosity |
The percentage of 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 |
Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer. |
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Water pollution |
The introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water that degrade water qua and affect the living organisms that depend on the water. |
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Point-source pollution |
Pollution discharged from a single source. |
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Nonpoint-source pollution |
Comes form many sources that are hard to identify. |
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Wastewater |
Water that contains waste from homes or industries. |
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Artificial Eutrophication |
Eutrophication caused by humans. |
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Eutrophication |
when organic matter builds up in a body of water it will began to decay and decompose. |
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Thermal Pollution |
When the temperature of a body of water such as a lake of or stream increases. |
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Biomagnification |
The build up of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain. |
