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Water, Air, and Land

Unit 4: Environmental Science

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Example of a watershed Mississippi River
Area above an aquifer recharge zone
Water that is safe to drink potable
Organisms that cause illness or disease pathogens
Law designed to improve water quality 1972 Clean Water Act
Surface water that percolates through soil groundwater
97% of the world's water resources are found in __? salt water
Earth's surface water is found in __? lakes, rivers, and streams
Most of the oil that pollutes the ocean comes from __? runoff from cities and towns
The three major global uses of fresh water are __? residential, agricultural, and industrial uses
Possible long-term effect of air pollution lung cancer
Atmospheric condition trapping pollution temperature inversion
Possible long-term effect of noise pollution deafness
Example of a primary pollutant soot from smoke
Cause of sick-building syndrome fungi
Rain frequently results whenever warm, moist air rises
Destroys stratospheric ozone CFCs
Caused by wind and influenced by Earth's rotation surface ocean currents
Increases when fossil fuels are burned atomspheric CO2
What absorbs UV light in the stratosphere? Ozone
Land that contains relatively few people and large areas of open space is considered rural
Clear-cutting deforestation
Development Urbanization
Can affect weather patterns over a city heat island
The two methods of tree harvesting reforestation and clear-cutting
All things that a society builds for public use infrastructure
Rapid expansion of a city into the countryside around the city urban sprawl
A national Farmland Protection Program to help ___, ___, and ___ protect farmland in danger of being __ or ___. state, county, and local governments; paved over or developed
What happens to the land when animals overgraze? becomes degraded
Formed when sulfur oxides or nitrogen oxides combine with water acid precipitation
Created by: MSTBB1
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