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2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt 2pt 3 pt 4 pt 5 pt 1 pt 2 pt 3 pt 4pt 5 pt 1pt Water Ecology Water Usage Water Cycle Water Quality Misc.
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Surface water that flows to streams and other water storage areas
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What is run-off
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Process by which material is dissolved, loosened or worn away from one part of the Earth’s surface and is deposited in other places
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What is erosion
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An area of land that drains water, sediment and dissolved materials to a common receiving body or outlet
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What is a watershed
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The aquatic zone in which water is flowing very fast, there is a lot of dissolved oxygen in the water and not as much biodiversity
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What is the source zone
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The aquatic zone where streams join into wider deeper rivers that meander across valleys, with high numbers of producers and widely diverse fish population
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What is the floodplain zone
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Percentage of Earth’s water that is contained in oceans
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What is 97%
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The biggest cause of infant mortality in the world
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Contaminated water
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Percentage of Earth’s water that is usable by humans
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What 0.3 %
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The two main sources of water for human use
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What are streams and ground water
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Most water is used by humans for these purposes
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What is power production and irrigation
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The process of going from liquid to gas form for water
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What is evaporation
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The process of going from water vapor to water droplets
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What is condensation
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When water droplets in the atmosphere accumulate enough mass and velocity then this happens
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What is precipitation
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The process of evaporating water from plant leaves is known as
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What is transpiration
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The process of water seeping through sand, rocks and soil is known as
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What is infiltration
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This test indicates the ability of water to support a healthy environment of aquatic plants and animals
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What is dissolved oxygen
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DOUBLE JEOPARDY Sources of inorganic nitrogen in streams and rivers include (choose 3)
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What is industrial wastewater, septic tanks, discharges from car exhausts, feed lot discharges, animal wastes
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pH can have significant environmental impact due to ______ effects
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What is synnergistic
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Water is a unique substance because (choose 3)
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What is it is a liquid over a wide range in temps, high heat capacity, can dissolve a variety of compounds, it acts as a natural buffer, filters UV light, has high surface tension, expands when it freezes
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Nitrites can cause a serious condition in fish called brown blood disease which causes this to happen
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What is convert hemoglobin to methamoglobin so red blood cells can’t transport oxygen
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Water that fills voids in soil and rock is known as
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What is ground water
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Porous, water-saturated layers of sand, gravel or bedrock through which groundwater flows are called.
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What is an aquifer
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The transition area between the area of ground that is saturated with water and the area that is not is called
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What is the water table
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Low per capita availability of water
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What is water stress
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Four main causes of water scarcity.
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What are dry climate, drought, desiccation (drying of soil), water stress.
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