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| hOW DOES THE EQUATOR EFFECT THE AMOUNT OF WATER VAPOR? |
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| The equator recieves the greatest amount of water vapor and the closer you are to the equator the more water vapor you will have. |
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| What are the 5 pathways for precipitation? |
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| Collection of surface waters, collection as snow and ice to make glaciers, runoff, absoprtion by plants, and infiltration. |
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| What is the hydroological cylce driven by? |
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| What are three ways your household can conserve water? |
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| shorter showers, a low flush toilet, and pnly running the dishwaher when its full. |
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| What is the only water that is safe to drink without being treated? |
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| what percentage of our drinking water comes from groundwater? |
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| What is the area where precipitation collects called? |
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| What are the highest points of land? |
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| What are the lowest ponts of land? |
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| downhill-path of least resistance |
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| What are higher elevations called/ |
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| as slope decreases, what increases? |
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| What watershed are we located in? |
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| What is measured by a thermometer in units of degrees? |
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| What are oxygen molecules in the water? |
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| What are used by plants for growth? |
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| What causes algal blooms in high leveles? |
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| What protects streams from acid spikes? |
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| It measures acidity in water. If the water is 0-6 it is acidic. If it is 7 it is neutral. If it is 8-14 it is basic. |
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| WHAT IS NUTRIENT POLLUTION? |
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| an increase in water soluble chemicals found in water |
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| what comes from factories and elctrical power plants? |
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| What is sediment pollution? |
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| when eroding soil particles are in runoff water |
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| What are toxic Inorganic Compounds produced by? |
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| What do toxic oreganbic comjpunds iknhclude? |
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| oil, gasoline, solvent, and pesticide spills |
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| When happens when there is a rapid increase in algae and aquatic plants |
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| Dying algae sink to the bottom of the water and starve the water of oxygen. Eventually the body of water becomes dead. |
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| What happens when you use pesticides to wash your lawn or whatever the fuck you do with pesticeides? |
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| they run into a storm drain with water eventually into your watershed or soak into the ground polluting shit therd |
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| What are PCBs and what are they used for? |
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| PCBS are polychorinated biphenyls and the are used for manufacturing electrical components. |
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| What type of pollution introduces excess heat into water? What does this do? |
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| Thermal Pollution causes changes iin aquatic ecosystems |
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