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running Water Test Flashcards

1
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water cycle

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the unending circulation of earths water supply

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The world water budget is in balance because

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precipitation equals evaporation

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local water budgets are

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not balanced

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what use the greatest amount of water

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agriculture and industry

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how much of this water that’s used is return to rivers lakes oceans etc.

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90%

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waste water treatment

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remove as much suspended solids as possible before the remaining water called effluent is discharged back to the environment

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Nonpoint sources of pollution

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sedimentation and stormwater runoff

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River systems

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watershed, tributaries, divide, headwaters

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watershed

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land from which water runs off into streams – drainage basin

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tributaries

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feeder streams that flow into a main river

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divide

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ridges or elevated regions of higher ground that separate watersheds

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headwaters

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beginning of a stream

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drainage patterns

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water can travel in a variety of patterns – radial, rectangular, trellis, dendritic

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Radio

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streams radiate out words from a central High Point

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rectangular

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shape determined by underlying rocks

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trellis

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streams are parallel with tributaries forming right angles – alternating bands of hard and soft rock

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dendritic

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Waterflow resembles branches on a tree – most common pattern

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Channel

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The path that a stream follows

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headword erosion

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process of lengthening and branching of a stream

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20
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Stream piracy

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The capture of a stream in one watershed by a stream with a higher rate of erosion in another watershed

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21
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four things that affect the rate of channel erosion

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Stream load, velocity, discharge, gradient

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22
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Stream load

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material carried by a stream

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dissolved load

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mineral matter transported in liquid solution

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suspended load

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particles of fine grains and silt suspended in the water

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bed load

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large, course or sand, gravel, and pebbles that move along the bottom

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velocity

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distance the water travels in a period of time

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discharge

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volume of water moved by a stream within a given time

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gradient

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steepness of a stream slope

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Stream deposition

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as the velocity of a stream decreases, it drops the sediment it was carrying

30
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Delta

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underwater deposit of sediment at the mouth of a stream into a lake or ocean

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alluvial fan

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fan shaped deposit at the base of a slope on land

32
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youthful river

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Straight, erodes rapidly, V-shaped, few tributaries, has waterfalls and Rapids

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mature river

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meandering, winding, slow erosion, U-shaped, lots of tributaries, hold lots of water

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Old River

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gradient and velocity decreases, no more erosion, more meandering

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floodplain

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part of the yellow valley floor that maybe covered with water during a flood

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natural levee

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raise Riverbank of that results when a river deposits its load at the rivers edge

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artificial Levee

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earthen mounds built on the banks of a river/can also be made of concrete, sand bags, etc.

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flood control dams

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Store flood water and let it out slowly

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groundwater

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underground water that fills almost all the pores and rock and sediment – makes up 90% of the earths liquid freshwater

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porosity

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refers to the percentage of open spaces in rock or sediment

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porosity affected by

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sorting and way particles are packed together

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sorting

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amount of uniformity in size of particle in a rock or sediment-same size particles equals large porosity – different size particles equals small porosity

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way particles are packed together

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packed loosely equals high porosity - packed tightly equals low porosity

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permeability

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how freely water passes through open spaces in rock or sediment – open spaces must be connected to be permeable

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impermeable

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Rock or sediment that water cannot flow through

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zone of saturation

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layer of groundwater where all pores are full

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aquifer

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body of molten rock through with large amounts of water can flow in much water is stored

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water table

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upper surface of the zone of saturation

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zone of aeration

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zone that lies between water table and surface

-remains the dry except during rainfall

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well

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A hole that is dug below the water table and fills with groundwater

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cone of depression

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cone shaped depression and water table around a well

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artesian well

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well in which water flows freely with no pumping necessary

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Spring

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A small stream of water whose source. is groundwater that has reach the surface

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Hot spring

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Hot groundwater that rises to surface before cooling

55
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geysers

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Hot springs that he erupt periodically

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hard water

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water that contains large amounts of dissolved minerals

has metallic taste, soap won’t make suds, damages appliances that use water

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caverns

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large cave with connecting chambers – form due to erosion

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sinkhole

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depression formed when the roof of a cavern collapses

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stalactite

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cone shaped calcite deposit suspended from the ceiling of the cavern

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stalagmite

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cone shaped calcite deposit build up from the ground of a cavern

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karst topography

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characterized by sinkholes, sinkhole ponds, lost rivers and underground drainage

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sources of pollution

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water dumps, underground storage tanks, agriculture and lawn fertilizers, pesticides, leaking sewage

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saltwater intrusion

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The movement of salt water into fresh water aquifers caused by overpumping of wells in coastal areas

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conservation efforts can include

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Monitor levels of water tables, discourage use of excess water, recycle, purifying used water

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ways to ensure water for future

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conserve and desalination which is the removing of salt from the ocean water

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