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| water with few dissolved salts |
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| A SMALLER RIVER SLOWING INTO A LARGER ONE |
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| area of land drained by a river and its tributaries |
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| fertile areas that a river floods periodically |
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| riverside areas that are productive and species-rich |
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| bodies of open standing water |
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| region ringing the edge of a water body |
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| extends along the entire bottom of the water body |
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| open portions of the lake or pond where sunlight penetrates the shallow waters |
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| water that sunlight does not reach |
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| have low nutrient and high oxygen conditions |
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| have high nutrient and low oxygen |
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combine elements of freshwater and dry land
extremely valuable for wildlife |
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| shallow water allow plants to grow above surface |
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| shallow water that occurs in forested areas |
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| ponds covered in thick floating mats of vegetation |
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| any precipitation that does not evaporate or flow |
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| porous sponge-like formations of rock |
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| pore spaces are partially filled with water |
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| spaces are completely filled with water |
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| boundary between the two zones |
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| water is removed from aquifer or surface water |
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| does not remove, or only temporally moves water |
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| an obstruction in a river or stream that blocks water flow for storage |
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| illegal to pollute w/out permit |
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| vast river like flows driven by wind |
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| well-lighted top layer that supports high productivity |
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| large brown algae from floor of continental |
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| tiny marine organisms that live in shallow subtropical waters |
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| a mass of densely packed coral |
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| occur along coasts at temperate latitude |
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| sandy coats in tropical and subtropical latitudes |
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| where rivers flow into the ocean |
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| thin layer of gases surrounding earth |
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bottommost later
air for breathing |
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| drier and less dense, 7-31 miles above sea level |
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| less dense, warmer air rises and creates vertical currents |
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| atmospheric conditions over short time periods in small geographic area |
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| more defined patterns of atmospheric conditions |
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| layer of cool air occurs beneath layer of warmer air |
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| band of air in which temperature rises with altitude |
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| near the equator, surface air warms, rises and expands |
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| ferrell cells and polar cells |
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| the north-south air currents appear to be deflected from a straight path |
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| formed when winds rush into areas of low pressure where warm, moist tropical air is rising |
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| formed when a mass of warm air meets cold, convective current in motion |
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| gases and particulate material added to the atmosphere |
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| the release of air pollutants |
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| outside pollution, has recently decreased |
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| specific spots where large pollutants are discharged...power plants and factories |
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| more diffuse, consisting of many small sources (cars) |
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| directly harmful and can react to form harmful substances (soot and Co2) |
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| form when primary pollutants interact or react with constituents of the atmosphere |
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| pollutants judged to pose great threats to human health |
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| a colorless, odorless gas from fuel combustion |
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colorless gas with strong odor from coal emissions
form acid precipitation |
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| foul smelling reddish brown gas |
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| nitrogen and oxygen react at high temperatures |
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| a colorless gas with strong odor 03 |
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| solid or liquid particles suspended in the atmosphere |
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| particulate pollutants added to gas and used in industrial metal smelting |
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| volatile organic compounds |
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| carbon containing chemicals emitted by vehicle engines and industrial processes that can react to produce ozone |
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| technologies that chemically convert or physically remove pollutants |
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| substances known to cause cancer |
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| old utility plats have to install the best available technology when upgrading |
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| would have established a market-based cap and trade program for some pollutant |
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| unhealthy mixtures of air pollutants over urban areas |
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| industrial (gray air) smog |
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| formed when coal or oil is burned |
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hot sunny windless days
nose, throat eye irritation |
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| ozone levels over anartica have declined 40-60% |
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| the deposition of acid or acid forming pollutants |
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| the wet or dry deposition on land of pollutants |
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| effects of acid deposition |
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nutrients leached from soil
damage to agri crop
kills fish
erodes stone building
corrodes cars |
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| tantalum found with another mineral |
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| the study of earth's physical features, processes and history |
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| heating, melting, cooling, breaking and reassembling of rocks and minerals |
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| any solid aggregation of minerals |
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| any naturally occurring solid element or inorganic compound |
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| the molten, liquid state of rock |
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| magma released from the lithosphere |
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| magma that cools slowly below earth's surface |
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| magma ejected from volcano |
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| particles of rock are blown by wind or washed away by water |
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| sediments are pressed together or dissolved minerals seep seep though sediment layers and bind sediment particles |
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| formation of rock through the processes of compaction and cementation |
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| forms from physically eroded material |
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| chemical sedimentary rock |
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| formed as dissolved precipitate from water |
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| great heat or pressure on a rock changes its form |
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| heat and pressure causes layers (slate) |
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| thin, brittle, low-density rock that covers earths surface |
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| thick layer of denser rock |
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| upper mantle containing soft rock, melted in some areas |
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| dense, consists mostly of iron |
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| the movement of lithospheric plates |
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| one plate of crust slides beneath another |
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| places in the earth's crust where built up pressure is relieved |
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| where molten rock, hot gas, or ash erupts through earth's surface |
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| plugs of molten rock erupt through the crust |
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| a fast-moving cloud of toxic gas, ash, and rock |
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| the downslope movement of soil nd rock due to gravity |
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| sudden instance of mass wasting, rock soil collapses and flows downhill |
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| heavy rains saturate the soil and cause movement of soil, rock, and water |
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| mudslides caused when volcanic eruptions melt snow and send volumes of mud downslope |
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| element that is lustrous, opaque, malleable, and can conduct heat and electricity |
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| mineral or grouping of minerals from which we extract metals |
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| overlying soil and rock that is removed by heavy machinery |
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| sulfuric acid forms and flows into waterways |
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| open pits for clay, gravel, sand, stone (limestone, granite, marble, slate) |
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| small, ball-shaped ores scattered across the ocean floor |
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| substance formed by mixing, melting and fusing minerals |
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| removes metal from ore using heat and chemicals |
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| heavy metals and chemicals in the ore left after the metal has been extracted |
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