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20 Cards in this Set
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Surface water
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Fresh water on Earth's surface
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River system
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Streams and rivers moving through land
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Watershed
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Area of land drained by a river
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Groundwater
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Water beneath the Earth's surface
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Aquifer
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Underground formation that contains groundwater
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Porosity
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percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces
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Permeability
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The ability of a rock or soil to allow water to flow through it
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Recharge zone
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Area of the earth's surface where water drains down into an aquifer
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Potable
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Water that is treated and safe to drink
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Pathogons
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organisms that cause illness or disease
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Dam
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Structure built across q river to control its flow
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Reservoir
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Artificial lake formed behind a dam
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Desalination
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process of removing salt from water
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water pollution
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introduction of chemical, physical or biological agents into water that degrade water quality
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Point-source pollution
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pollution discharged from a single source
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Non-point source pollution
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Pollution coming from many different sources
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Wastewater
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Water that contains waste from homes or industry
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Artificial eutrophication
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Eutrophication caused by humans
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Thermal pollution
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temperature of a body of water increases due to power plants using water in their cooling systems
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Biomagnification
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Buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain
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