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| Earth's Water | 2/3 of the Earth's surface is covered in water
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| Earth's Aquatic Ecosystems | Contain more biomass than it's terrestrial ecosystem.
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| Phytoplakton | Are microscopic producers which are found in oceans.
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| Salt Water | 97%
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| Fresh Water | 3%
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| Ground Water | 30.1%
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| Lakes | 87%
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| Icecaps and Glaciers | 68.7%
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| Surface Water | .3%
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| Swamps | 11%
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| Rivers | 2%
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| Other Water | .9%
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| Humans | 66%
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| Potato | 80%
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| Tomato | 95%
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| Water Vapor | Water in its gas state
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| Iceberg | Large floating peices of ice. When it gets colder the water btween the iceberg freez and creates land bridges.
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| Aquifer | Large underground resevoirs for freash water.
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| Precipitation | Small water droplets in a cloud fform rain, snow, sleet and hail.
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| Percolation | Occurs when water is being pulled downwards through the soil.
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| Run-Off | Occurs when excess rain water of melt water can not be absorbed by the soil and overflows on the surface or drains into waterways.
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| Global Warming | Increasing the rate of melting of the polar ice caps, and icebergs.
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| White Snow and Ice | Reflects light
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| Dark Water | Absorbs light
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| Deforestation | In drier climates this can lead to desertification.
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| Climate Change | Is changing global patterns of precipitation
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| Benthos | Plants and animals that live in, on, or near the ocean bottom. Ex. kelp sponges, worms, claims, fungi, starfish, algae,snails,and sea urchins
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| Plankton | Small and microscopic organisims that move with the currents. Ex. kelp, algae, protozoa, jellyfish, some mollusks.
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| Nekton | Swimming animals that can move independently of the current. Ex. fish, whales, seals, some sea birds, snakes, eels, shrimp, octupus, squid, sharks
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| Intertidal Zone | The shoreline area that falls between the high tidemark and the low tide mark.
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| Neritic Zone | The ocean area that slopes down from the edge the shoreline toward the ocean floor.
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| Oceanic Zone | Made up of the open waters of the ocean.
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| Coral Reef | A limestone deposit formed drom coral shells.
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| Upwelling | The movement of nutrient-rich waters from the deep ocean into shallow areas.
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| Hydrothermal Vents | Cracks in the ocean crust that release mineral-rich water that has been heated by the Earth's surface.
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| Estuaries | Form where salty ocean water mixes with fresh water from rivers.
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| Photosynthesis | A food making process in which organisms use the energy in sunlight to make food.
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| Producer | An organism that makes its own foood.
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| Consumer | An organism that obtains its food by eating other oganisms.
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| Decomposer | An organism that meets it food and energy needed by breaking down the remains of dead orgamisms
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| Trophic Level | Each feeding level in an ecosystem.
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| Food Chain | Is used to show the interconnected network of food chains within an ecosystem
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| Energy Pyramid | The representation of the flow of energy.
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| pH | Measures how acidic or basic water is.
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| Indicators of Water System Health | Temperature, dissolved oxygen, pH, turbidity, bio-indicators, and the presence of nitates
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| Turbidity | Measure of how clear water is.
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| Bio-Indicators | Are organisms or parts of organisims that are used to assess ecosystem health.
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| Nitrates | Are nitrogen compounds used for growth by plants and algae.
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| Pollutant | Any substance or form of energy that can cause harm to the enviroment and make it unifit for use by organsims.
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| Point-Source Pollution | Pollution that comes from a single identifiable site.
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| Non-Point-Source Polltion | Pollution that comes from many place or a source that is not easily identified.
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| Wastewater | Water that runs into drains.
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| Wastewater Treatment Plant | A facility that processes water to remove wast and then releases the clean water into a lake or stream
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| Septic System | A wastewater treatment system for an individual home or farm.
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| Drain Field | A series of pipes that are buired under gravel or crushed rock.
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