Water Resources Flashcards

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1
Q

What is the 0.65% of our water?

A

groundwater, lakes, rivers, etc.

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2
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How many percent of water is in the ocean?

A

97%

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3
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How many percent of water are in glaciers?

A

2.15%

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4
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includes organic, mic-organisms, nutrients, suspended solids and sediments, inorganic pollutants, thermal pollution and radioactive pollutants

A

Water Pollutants

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5
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spaces filled with water

A

Zone of Saturation

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6
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Top of groundwater zone

A

water table

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falls in dry weather, or when we remove groundwater faster than natura can replenish it, and it rises in wet weather

A

water table

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8
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underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock through which groundwater flows

A

Aquifers

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9
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freshwater from precipitation and snowmelt that flows across the earth’s land surface into rivers, lakes, estuaries, and the ocean

A

Surface Water

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10
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precipitation that does not infiltrate the ground or return to the atmosphere by evaporation

A

surface runoff

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land from which surface water drains into a particular river, lake, or other body of water

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watershed or drainage basin

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