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Water
Water cycle
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Ground water | Water that is flowing underground. |
| water vapor | H2O that is in the air |
| source (Rivers) | Where all the water starts. |
| Runoff | After it rains it runs off the ground to lower religions and makes it's way to rivers, lakes, streams, etc. |
| Fertilizer (salts) | Chemicals to help the plants grow. |
| Pesticides (salts) | Chemicals that kill off bugs |
| Herbacite (salts) | Chemicals that kill off unwanted weeds |
| Nitrates | Acids or salts |
| Phosophates | phosphoric acid |
| Algal bloom | Groups of lots of algae that comes on in a lots of it. |
| Fish kills | Thanks to chemicals and other things fish die in the thousands. |
| Nuese River | A river running across 17 counties in NC |
| River Basin | The area around a river. |
| Condensation | air to liquid in the upper air area. |
| Evaperation | Water to air from the heat |
| Transperation | evaporation off of the plants |
| Infiltration | Insted of runoff in goes into the ground and becomes ground water. |
| Preciptation | After condensation water droplets fall as rain, sleet, snow, or hail. |
| pH | The amount of acidity. |
| Dissolved Oxygen | This is the oxygen in the water that the aquatic organisms breath. Or the amount of it in the water |
| Hypoxia | deficiency in some amount of our oxygen attacking the skin/tissue. |
| Turbidity | The clarity or how clear the water is. |