Amplify ECC Earth's Changing Climate Quiz 2 Terms

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Non-point source pollution

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Comes from many small sources and enters the water directly.

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Point source pollution

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Pollution comes from one specific site and enters the water directly.

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Urbanization

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Growth of urban areas caused by people moving into the cities.

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Ground Level Ozone

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Produced when sunlight reacts with vehicle exhaust and oxygen in the air.

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Inexhaustible

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Renewable resource that can never be used up.

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Stability

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When something stays mostly the same over time.

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Model

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An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see.

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Change

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When something becomes different over time.

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Renewable Resource

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Resource that forms at a rate much slower than the rate at which it is being consumed.

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Non-renewable resource

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Natural resource that cannot be replaced at the same rate at which it is being consumed.