What is sewage/ marine dumping/ industrial waste/ oil pollution/ atmospheric deposition.
100
How many gallons of oil are spilled each year
What is 37 million gallons
100
Two kinds of water found on Earth:
What is fresh and salt water
100
all the bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow, that are found above the ground.
What is surface water
100
the water that is beneath the Earth’s surface.
What is ground water
200
What does oil do when it is spilt into the water?
What is forms a thick layer on the waters surface and/or Not allowing light to go through
200
Oil spills account for what percent of the oil pollution in the ocean
What is 5%
200
the water that people can drink, contains little salt
What is fresh water
200
flowing network of rivers and streams draining a river basin.
What is river system
200
means suitable for drinking
What is potable
300
What does biodegradable mean?
What is break down/ decompose
300
How many gallons of oil enter the oceans from non point sources on land
What is 200-300 million gallons
300
human uses for fresh water are
What is drinking and agriculture
300
area of land that is drained by a water system.
What is water shed
300
method of providing plants with water from sources other than direct precipitation.
What is Irrigation
400
How long does it take for plastic to decompose?
What is 400 years
400
Where do most of the pollutants that enter the ocean come from
What is activities on land
400
water is a __________resource because it is circulated in the water cycle.
What is renewable
400
body or rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
What is aquifer
400
artificial body of water that usually forms behind a dam. Water from a reservoir can be used for flood control, drinking water, irrigation, recreation, and industry.
What is reservoir
500
What are the three gases that make up acid rain?
What is carbon dioxide, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxides.
500
What precent of America's rivers are too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life?
What is 40%
500
percent of Earth’s water is salt water in oceans and seas
What is 97%
500
the percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces.
What is porosity
500
the ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through it open spaces or pores.