Chapter 11 Vocab Test
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| A. A structure built across a river to control the river's flowB. This act attempts to protect U.S. waterways from oil pollution by requiring that oil tankers in the U.S. be doubled hulled by 2015
C. a flowing network of water as streams and rivers move across land D. The percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces
E. The continuous movement of water between Earth and the atmosphere
F. water that contains waste from homes or industry
G. Written to support state and local efforts to clean runoff pollution. It also established loan funds to pay for new wastewater treatment plants and created programs to protect major estuaries
H. Makes owners, operators, and customers of hazardous waste sites responsible for the cleanup of sites. Has reduced pollution of groundwater by toxic substances leached from hazardous waste dumps
I. Making all natural surface water fit for fishing and swimming by 1983 and banned pollutant discharge into surface water after 1985. Metals had to be removed from wastewater as well.
J. The ability of a rock or soil to allow water to flow through itK. An area of the Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquiferL. Eutrophication caused by humans
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Fresh water found on Earth's land surfaceN. The introduction of chemical, physical or biological agents into the water that degrade Water quality and adversely affect the organisms that depend on the water
O. introduced programs to protect groundwater and surface water from pollution. Also emphasized sound science and risk based standards for water quality. Empowered communities in the protection of source waterP. When the temperature of a body of water increases (lake or stream etc.)
Q. The solid material that remains after treatment
R. Pollutants being dumped directly into the ocean water
S. Empowered the WPA to control the dumping of sewage wastes and toxic chemicals in the U.S. waters
T. Water beneath the earth's surface in sediment and rock formations |
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