Ch 8 Study Guide

Question 0

A value abl mineral deposit is located just above the surface what method is used to retrieve it

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Strip mining

Question 1

Using land to grow food crops is an example of

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Agriculture

Question 2

The area of land that supplies water to a river system is

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Water she’s

Question 3

The process of restoring land to a more productive state

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Land reclamation

Question 4

What is eutophication

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When nutrients build up at the bottom of a lake

Question 5

This is an example of how human activities may harm the balance in the ecosystem

Answer 5

Realeasjmg emissions from vehicles

Question 6

Which indoor air pollution is a colorless radioactive gas that is colorless

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Carbon monoxide

Question 7

One of the acids in acid rain forms when water combines

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Gases

Question 8

What is a major technology role in controlling air pollution

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Reducing emissions

Question 9

A well in which underground rises because of pressure

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Artesian well

Question 10

A river system is made up of a lake and it’s

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Tributaries

Question 11

The water in ponds and lakes is

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Still

Question 12

A lake that stores water for human use is called a

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Reservoir

Question 13

People can obtain groundwater by drilling a well

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Into an aquifer

Question 14

An aquifer is

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Underground layer of permeable rock

Question 15

The stream and small rovers that feed into a main river is called

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Tributaries

Question 16

The type of molecule that is the major cause of the ozone hike and blocks the ozone cycle is

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CFC

Question 17

Framers may leave fields unplanted or plant alternate crops to reduce

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Nutrient depletion

Question 18

Is a dangerous wheather condition in which a layer of warm air traps smog close to earths surface

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Temperate inversion.

Question 19

Many uses of land including logging mining and farming expose the soil which can lead to

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Erosion

Question 20

The small lake that forms when a loop rover is scut off from the main channel is called

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Oxbow lake

Question 21

Water moves easily through blank materials

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Permeable

Question 22

People may not have enough water during a blank a period When rainfall is scarce

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Drought

Question 23

Building a highwY is an example of the type of land use known as

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Development

Question 24

Scientist think that deforestation is one cause of blank because carbon dioxide increase when Peaple burn trees

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Global warming

Question 25

A radioactive gas that is naturally formed by underground rock

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Radon

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A rover and all of its tributaries make a

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River system

Question 27

The are of soil in which the pores are totally filled with water is called

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Saturated zone

Question 28

The top of the saturated zone is called the

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Water table

Question 29

People can not use most of the fresh water on earth because it is

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Ice

Question 30

The main chemical found in smog is blank which forms when sunlight reacts with certain gasses

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Ozone