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| The society that lived on ______________ was destroyed by environmental degradation. |
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| _______________________ states that fossil organisms originate, coexist, and disappear from the geologic record in a definite sequential order. |
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| The Law of Fossil Succession |
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| Environmental Geology is _________________. |
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__________ is the kind of growth that starts with a small incline that quickly increases to a very steep incline that does not seem like it will stop.
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| _______________ is the maximum number of a population of species that may be maintained within a particular environment without degrading the ability of that environment to maintain that population int he future. |
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| Once we _______ the carrying capacity we see severe environmental degradation |
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| __________________ is the deterioration of the environment through depletion of resources such as air, water and soil; the destruction of ecosystems and the extinction of wildlife. |
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| Environmental Degradation |
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| To meet future resource demands we have to ______________. |
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| An __________________ is a system which continuously interacts with its environment. |
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| _________________ means that "The present is the key to the past." |
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| _______________ said "The present is the key to the past." |
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| _________________ means that it is impossible to change only one thing; everything affects everything else. |
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| Humans first evolved during the ____________. |
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| The number one environmental problem is the ___________________. |
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| Exponential Growth of Human Population |
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| A hypothesis that has withstood extensive amounts of testing is a _____________. |
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| A boundary between drainage basins is a ________________. |
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| Vegetation _____________ runoff |
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| The reason _____________ decreases runoff is that the _____________ will intercept the raindrops at terminal velocity and slow it down which prevents it from tearing up the soil. |
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| ________ can serve as an aquatard. |
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| An _____________ is a well that has water in it. |
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| There ________________ between an artesian well an a flowing well. |
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| The term _________________ implies that pumping can exceed an aquifers recharge time. |
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| Surface water and ground water are part of ___________________. |
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| The trend in water use in the United States ___________ around 1980. |
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| The transfer of water between underground reservoirs, the transfer of water between he sky and solid earth, is the _________________. |
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| A _______________ is a water-bearing stratum that is confined or overlain by a rock layer that *does not transmit water* in any appreciable amount or that is *impermeable*. |
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| The over-pumping of groundwater from a well will create a __________________. |
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| The ability of Earth material to transmit water is ______________. |
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| An ____________ will gain water from an aquifer. |
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| ________________ does not remove or divert water from its reservoir. |
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| The primary consumers of freshwater in the United States are _____________________. |
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| Irrigation and Thermoelectric |
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| A _______________ is an area of land whose soil is saturated with moisture either permanently or seasonally. |
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| Environmental _____________ is something i don't have the definition of. help? |
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| The ______________ is one of the most prolific artesian aquifers in the world. |
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| Hurricane Floyd dramatically added to the water pollution of North Carolina by ___________________. |
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| Setting Forth A Volley of Dead Pig Juices To the Sea |
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| ________________ is used to measure the levels of decaying organic matter in water. |
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| The _________________ was the law in 1972 that largely eliminated waterborne diseases in the US. |
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| _________________ occurs because Mercury moves up through the aquatic food chain, and as it does that, it magnifies. |
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| Bio-magnification of Mercury |
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| ____________ is still considered a water pollutant because it is a resource that is where it should not be. |
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| ______________________ refers to the outflow of acidic water from (usually abandoned) metal mines or coal mines.In many localities the liquid that drains from coal stocks, coal handling facilities, coal washeries, and even coal waste tips can be highly acidic, and in such cases it is treated as acid rock drainage |
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| Outside of Ohio, the __________________ is most famous for being "the river that caught fire", helping to spur the environmental movement in the late 1960s. |
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| ___________________ is the movement of saline water into freshwater aquifers. |
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| The principle cause of _________________ is clay soil. (Grease and Sludge) |
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| ___________________ can be problematic to put back into the environment because municipal wastewater treatment does not remove heavy metals such as Mercury, Cadmium, and Lead which can be harmful. |
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| Municipal Wastewater Sludge |
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| ______________ that happen in the soil are allowed by wastewater renovations. This purifies our water. |
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| Coliform Bacteria is _____________. |
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| B.O.D. shows how much _________________ is allowed in our water. |
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| biodegradable organic matter |
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| _____________ has been a lesser problem in recent years but is *still* a problem |
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| Since the ________________ in 1969, the clay water act of 1972, the river now considered wild and scenic, it has not degraded. |
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| Cuyahoga River caught fire |
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| ____________ is the name of the oil tanker that caused the oil spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska. |
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| Dong Fang Ocean (current name, formerly Exxon Valdez) |
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| __________________ are diffused, intermittent, and hard to specifically identify. |
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| Non-point Sources of Pollution |
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| ________________ are discrete, confined, and are readily identifiable. |
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| Point Sources of Pollution |
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