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- 1. a person who monitors water quality
- 6. fit or suitable for drinking
- 9. a salt or compound that has phosphorus in it
- 11. the act or process of making water more potable or useful, as by purifying, clarifying, softening, or deodorizing it
- 13. refers to microscopic bubbles of gaseous oxygen (O2) that are mixed in water and available to aquatic organisms for respiration
- 15. when contaminants are introduced into the environment over a large, widespread area
- 19. gas in a simple physical solution, as distinguished from gas that has reacted chemically with a solvent or other solutes and is chemically combined
- 20. a rule or directive made and maintained by an authority
- 21. water that is safe for drinking or consuming purposes
- 22. Yadkin Pee Dee River Basin is North Carolina’s second largest basin goes across North Carolinas mid section
- 25. refers to responsible use and protection of the natural environment through conservation and sustainable practices
- 27. A liquid in which substances are dissolved forming a solution
- 28. The deep is the lowest layer in the ocean, existing below the Twilight Zone in which some organisms
- 30. the movement of cold nutrient rich water from deep layers of the ocean up to the surface
- 32. describes the condition of the water, including chemical, physical, and biological characteristics
- 33. the land water runs on or above on its way to a river
- 34. a conserved natural habitat where plants and animals can thrive
- 35. a substance that an organism needs to carry out life functions
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- 2. a measure of how clear water is
- 3. the saltiness of a body of water
- 4. A point source of pollution is a single identifiable source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution
- 5. a deep hole made in Earth’s surface to obtain water, oil or other resources
- 7. naturally occurring inorganic that are essential to the functioning of the human body and are obtained from foods
- 8. all of the living and nonliving parts of an environment and the interactions among them that relate or are found in the ocean
- 10. an organism used to monitor the health of an ecosystem
- 12. all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds
- 14. a place where freshwater from a river meets and mixes with salt water from the ocean
- 16. Inorganic or organic ester or salt of nitric acid are the most water soluble of all salts, and play a major part in nitrogen cycle
- 17. water located under Earth’s surface
- 18. a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation
- 23. a place where things are kept usually water can be either natural or man-made
- 24. natural water that has not gone into the ground
- 26. the continuous movement of water between Earth’s surface and its atmosphere
- 29. a measure of how acidic or how basic a liquid is
- 31. a part of Earth's surface covered by ocean water and contain most of Earth’s water