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Mrs. Baumann.
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water with low amounts or no salt. Only 1% of the liquid water on earth.
a) fresh water
b) saltwater
c) groundwater
d) surface water
water below earth's surface: aquifer
a) groundwater
b) fresh water
c) salt water
d) runoff
CAN decompose (break down by decomposers) within weeks or months
a) biodegradable
b) nonbiodegradable
c) plastic
d) landfill
the dump: hole lined with plastic, filled with trash, and buried forever
a) landfill
b) north pacific gyre
c) aquifer
d) recharge zone
downward movement through porous/spongy material: filtered/ infiltration
a) percolation
b) first flush
c) water cycle
d) transpiration
area that drains into a lake, river, ocean, aquifer, etc...
a) watershed
b) strip mine
c) landfill
d) north pacific gyre
Plant food, causes algae blooms that can be poisonous or use up all of the oxygen, killing fish
a) fertilizer
b) pesticide
c) sediment
d) groundwater
area of ocean the size of Tx, full of plastic trash from runoff
a) north pacific gyre
b) landfill
c) first flush
d) recharge zone
Where water percolates down, filling an underground aquifer
a) recharge zone
b) plant roots
c) landfill
d) watershed
non renewable energy source such as oil, coal, gas, that releases CO2/air pollution when burned
a) fossil fuel
b) sediment
c) runoff
d) pesticide
rain runs off the surface of earth, picking up trash/pollution
a) runoff
b) first flush
c) water cycle
d) percolation
soil deposited by running water, wind or gravity
a) sediment
b) runoff
c) strip mining
d) resources
removal of whole ecosystem by explosives during the digging up of resources
a) strip mining
b) transpiration
c) recharge zone
d) overfishing
full of holes, water filters through it
a) porosity
b) potable
c) pollution
d) plastic
safe to drink
a) potable
b) fertilizer
c) pesticide
d) first flush
replenishable; can always make/get more when used: animals, plants, wind, solar, hydroelectricity...
a) renewable resource
b) nonrenewable resource
c) biodegradable
d) nonbiodegradable
petroleum product that takes hundreds/thousands of years to break down
a) plastic
b) paper
c) plant roots
d) clay
bug killer (poison)
a) pesticide
b) fertilizer
c) fresh water
d) surface water
prevents soil erosion
a) plant roots
b) overfishing
c) pollution
d) run off
water on earth's surface (lake, river, ocean...)
a) surface water
b) groundwater
c) aquifer
d) transpiration
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