I CAN 6 Environmental

______________________ is when bodies of water contain an abundance of nutrients caused by humans.

• potable
• thermal pollution
• artificial eutrophication
• porosity

______________________ is the buildup of pollutants at higher levels of the food chain.

• porosity
• water pollution
• wastewater
• biomagnification

The area of land that is drained by a water system

• potable

• watershed

• aquifer

• porous

The water that is beneath Earth’s surface

• groundwater

• porosity

• solvent

• aquifer

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater

• Sediment

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Runoff

The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open spaces

• Solvent

• Probability

• Porosity

• Aquifer

The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces or pores

• aquifer

• probability

• porosity

• permeability

An area in which water travels downward to become part of an aquifer

• non porous

• recharge zone

• run off

• porosity

Suitable for drinking

• Recharge zone

• Aquifer

• Porosity

• Potable

A microorganism, another organism, a virus, or a protein that causes disease; an infectious agent.

• Pathogen

• Groundwater

• Sewage

• Pollution