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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Glacier | A large sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land. |
| Groundwater | water stored in the cracks and spaces between particles of soil and underground rocks |
| Ice caps | a covering of ice over a large area such as in the polar polar regions. |
| reservoir | an artificial lake built for storage of water. |
| storage | The process of water |
| algal bloom | A sometimes harmful rapid increase in the amount of algae bloom found in water. |
| acid rain | harmful rain caused by the burning of fossil fuels. |
| conservation | The act of saving, protecting, of using resources wisely. |
| deposition | the dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock. |
| erosion | the process of weathered rock moving from one place to anouther. |
| floodplain | land near a body of water that is likely to flood. |