Vocabulary
An under-gound layer of rock or soil that holds water and supplies wells and springs
What is an aquifer?
This reduces our use of harmful chemicals and pollutants
What is water conservation?
Soil with large and connected pores are considered..
What is permeable?
The five ocean basins
What are pacific, Atlantic, artic, Indian and southern oceans
These 3 R's are ways humans can improve the quality of Earth
What are reduce, reuse, recycle?
This depletes the fish population not allowing them to recover
What is overfishing?
These can be used at times to break down pollutants
What are microorganisms?
What can not pass through
What is impermeable?
To remove salt from ocean water
What is desalination?
Things like fossil fuels, coal and oil are an example of this
What is a nonrenewable resource?
These are man made habitats for marine life
What are artificial reefs?
These block the natural flow of the rivers
What are dams?
People obtain ground water from these
What are aquifers?
These create oxygen in the ocean
What are organisms, marine life?
This term refers to using less of a resource
What is conservation?
Allowing liquids or gasses to pass through
What is permeable?
___ from farming can get carried by ____ potentially polluting watersheds.
What is waste and runoff?
Limiting water use is an example of what
A beneficial human influence on groundwater
Chemical waste and oil spills are examples of
What is ocean pollution?
T/F: Clear water is always safe to drink
What is false
This drains water into bigger bodies of water
What is a watershed?
This is an example of destroying wetland habitats
What are building houses?
This removes pollutants from contaminated groundwater
What is air sparging?
This is affected tremendously because of ocean pollution, creating an imbalance in the ocean.
What is the food chain?
This is the formula for water
What is H2O?