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| Chapter 2 Test Water Mirabello 2013 |
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| Flows over ground surface |
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| The land area that supplies water to a river system is a |
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| Rivers wear away rock & soil through |
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| An increase in the amount of water in a river usually causes the river to |
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| Water collecting in a hollow left behind by melting ice, water filling the crater of a volcano, or a dam blocking, the flow of a river |
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| A lake that stores water for human use is a |
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| A green film of algae in a fish tank is an example of |
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| A seasonal change that refreshes the supply of nutrients throughout a lake is |
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| Wetlands help control flooding by |
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| Absorbing runoff from heavy rains |
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| Scientists want to preserve the everglade wetlands because |
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| Many endangered species live there |
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| The ice sheet that covers that Antarctica is a |
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| Heavy layers of snow become solid ice |
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| The underwater part of an iceberg is a hazard to ships because |
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| It is much wider than the visible part |
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| The end of a glacier reaches the coast & breaks off |
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| Materials that allow water to easily pass through them are |
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| A type of hot spring from which water bursts into the air is a |
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| Things that affect the amount of runoff are |
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| Flat or hilly land, nature of ground surface, & rate of rainfall |
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| The many small streams that come together at the source of a river are |
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| A crescent-shaped body of water next to a river is an |
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| Types of freshwater wetlands are |
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| Rivers build up landforms like deltas through a process called |
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| When a river overflows its banks |
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| A body of standing water deep enough that sunlight does NOT reach the bottom is a |
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| Dead leaves and plant material add nitrogen and other |
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| A seasonal change that refreshes the supply of nutrients throughout a lake is called |
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| The levels of nutrients in a lake build up in a process called |
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| A ridge of land that separates 2 watersheds is a |
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| Many rare & endangered species live in a wetland in Florida called the |
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| Wells that end in saturated zones end in |
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| Wells which will not provide water are |
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| Above the water table or in impermeable material |
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| Add more water & volume to a river |
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| Water slows down at the end of a river and sediment and deposits build up a delta |
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| Small streams at the source of a river that are narrow, cold, & fast moving |
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| Lakes & ponds differ because |
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| Lakes are deep enough that sunlight cannot reach the bottom and a Pond's bottom is covered with mud & algae |
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| Wetlands are worth preserving because |
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| They provide habitats for animals & plants, are a natural water filtration system, and they help control floods |
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