Definitions
Any substance that occurs naturally in the environment that replenishes quickly and continuously for humans to utilize.
What is Renewable Resources?
Approximately this percentage of the globe is covered in water.
What is 71%?
This is the main aquifer in the mid-west that is being depleted via overuse.
This refers to the total volume of space between aggregate in an aquifer.
What is porosity?
What is Keystone species?
The amount of water an individual uses per day or per year through their everyday habits and routines.
What is Carbon Footprint?
Only ___% of the globe is found as freshwater.
What is 3%?
These are two main uses of water that is extracted from aquifers.
What is irrigation & urban usage (drinking, bathing, washing, etc.)?
This refers to the ability of a rock or soil to allow water to flow through it.
What is permeability?
This is a species that is only specific to only one geographical region in the biosphere.
What is Endemic species?
Underground formation that holds groundwater.
This is the percentage of the 3% of freshwater that is found as surface freshwater.
What is 1%?
This is the main strategy & practice for farmers to conserve water.
What is drip irrigation?
This is one threat that dams pose toward biodiversity.
What is?
Fragment river ecosystems
Isolate species
Interrupt nutrient exchange between ecosystems
Cut off migration routes
Flooding to surrounding land ecosystems
What is Secondary Succession?
Area of earth’s surface in which water percolates into aquifer.
What is Recharge Zone?
This is the percentage of the 3% of freshwater that is located in aquifers.
What is 30%?
This is one strategy that industries use to conserve water.
What is recycle wastewater and cooling water and/or using salt water if possible?
This was the primary way the mayor in California handled the surface water droughts in 2015.
What is implementing restrictions on the general public and on farmers?
This is the proper order of a food chain.
What is producer -> primary consumer -> secondary consumer -> tertiary consumer -> apex consumer -> decomposer?
Process by which water moves downward through soil by gravity.
What is Percolation?
This is the percentage of the 3% of freshwater that is found as solids.
What is 69%?
This is one realistic, effective way that the everyday person can conserve water.
What is ... ______?
This is the explanation for how the Belgreen underground lake was formed.
What is ... _______?
This is the percentage of energy that the secondary consumer will receive form the producer.
What is 1%?