Intro and Origins

Question 1

What does Limnos mean

Answer 1

Greek for Lake, pool, swamp

Question 2

Where is freshwater (%)

Answer 2

3% of water is fresh
50% glacier/ice
49% ground water
.75% rivers/lakes
.25% biosphere

Question 3

Effects on Freshwater

Answer 3

Acidification
Land and water use
Overfishing
invasive

Question 4

Land Use cause and effect

Answer 4

Deforestation, agriculture, coastal hardening

Leads to

siltation, nitrogen input, groundwater recharge, pollution

Question 5

water use effects

Answer 5

Diversion- dams

extraction of water- ground and surface

Question 6

Overfishing effects

Answer 6

can lead to trophic cascade

Question 7

Exotics effects

Answer 7

Can be deliberate or by accident

Question 8

Types of lakes

Answer 8

Tetitic
volcanic
glacier
human

Question 9

Volcanic lakes

Answer 9

Made by volcanos

creator lakes

Question 10

glacier lakes

Answer 10

moraine lakes, formed by scouring
finger
kettle lakes, formed by deposits of ice that get burried into the ground water

Question 11

Solution (karsk lakes)

Answer 11

made by things dissolving the ground under the lake

Question 12

Human activity

Answer 12

Make some damns

Question 13

other lakes

Answer 13

Ox bow

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