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Chapter 11 Vocab Test

Enter the letter for the matching Definition
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Ocean Pollution
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Clean Water Act of 1972 (CWA)
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Porosity
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Dam
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River System
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Surface Water
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Water pollution
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Groundwater
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Water Cycle
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1972 Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuary Act, amended 1988
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1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA)
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Sewage sludge
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Thermal Pollution
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Artificial Eutrophication
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Recharge Zone
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Oil Pollution Act of 1990
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Wastewater
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1975 Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), amended 1996
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Permeability
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1987 Water Quality Act
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A structure built across a river to control the river's flow
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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
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a flowing network of water as streams and rivers move across land
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The percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces
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The continuous movement of water between Earth and the atmosphere
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water that contains waste from homes or industry
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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
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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
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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.
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The ability of a rock or soil to allow water to flow through it
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An area of the Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer
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Eutrophication caused by humans
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Fresh water found on Earth's land surface
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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
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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 water
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When the temperature of a body of water increases (lake or stream etc.)
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The solid material that remains after treatment
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Pollutants being dumped directly into the ocean water
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Empowered the WPA to control the dumping of sewage wastes and toxic chemicals in the U.S. waters
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Water beneath the earth's surface in sediment and rock formations
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When the polluted surface water percolates down from the Earth’s surface
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Pollution discharged from a single source
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The process of removing salt from saltwater
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An underground formation that contains groundwater
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The buildup of pollutants at higher levels in the food chain
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Organisms that cause illness or disease
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safe to drink
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The area of land that is drained by a river
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pollution from many different sources
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An artificial lake

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