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Unit 8.1 Vocabulary

Quiz by REBECCA ROSENDAHL

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  • Q1
    A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
    Aquifer
    30s
  • Q2
    The path that a stream follows.
    Channel
    30s
  • Q3
    The boundary between drainage areas (watersheds) that have streams that flow in opposite directions.
    Divide
    30s
  • Q4
    An increase in the amount of nutrients, such as nitrates, in a marine or aquatic ecosystem.
    Eutrophication
    30s
  • Q5
    The water that is beneath Earth's surface.
    Groundwater
    30s
  • Q6
    The process by which surface water seeps into the ground (infiltration) and moves down through the ground layers (leaching).
    Infiltration (Leaching)
    30s
  • Q7
    Pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site; an example is pollution that reaches a body of water from streets and storm sewers.
    Nonpoint-source Pollution
    30s
  • Q8
    Pollution that comes from a specific site; an example is pollution from factory water pipe into a stream.
    Point-source Pollution
    30s
  • Q9
    Suitable for drinking.
    Potable
    30s
  • Q10
    An artificial body of water that usually forms behind a dam.
    Resivoir
    30s
  • Q11
    All the bodies of freshwater, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground.
    Surface Water
    30s
  • Q12
    A temperature increase in a body of water that is caused by human activity and that has a harmful effect on water quality and on the ability of that body of water to support life.
    Thermal Pollution
    30s
  • Q13
    A stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream.
    Tributary
    30s
  • Q14
    Waste matter or other material that is introduced into water and that is harmful to organisms that live in, drink, or are exposed to the water.
    Water Pollution
    30s
  • Q15
    The area of land that is drained by a river system.
    Watershed
    30s

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