| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Groundwater | ___ is found in porous rock and in layers below the earths surface. |
| Water Budget | One way to study the water supply in an area is to develop a ____ ____. This shows the amount of water that is available for use. |
| Evaporation, Transpiration | Water leaves the area by ______, ________, human use, run off in to lakes streams, or oceans. |
| Precipitation | Water enters an area through _________. |
| impossible | Once pollution reaches groundwater it is almost ______ to clean up. If it is, its very costly. |
| spreads out | Groundwater pollution is difficult to clean up by flushing with clean water because the pollution is difficult to clean up by flushing with clean water because the pollution just ______ ____ and affects more area. |
| Phytoremidation | The process by witch plants are used to absorb contaminants in groundwater and soil is called __________. |
| biodegradable | Natural wastes are called _________, meaning that microorganisms break them down and change them in to materials that can be used by the living. |
| disrupt | Modern societies _____ natural chemical cycles by producing metals, glass, plastics and other chemicals that are not biodegradable. |
| Paper and Paperboard | _______ ___ _________ make up the greatest percentage of municipal solid waste followed yard trimmings than plastics. |
| 8-10 | Each year the average household generates ____ pounds of HAZARDOUS waste. |
| long | Though plastics make up a small volume of municipal trash by weigh, they take a very ____ time to break down. |
| hazardous, non-hazardous | Wastes are classified as _______ or _________. |
| Hazardous | _____ wastes cannot simply be buried. They may eventually seep into aquifers and end up in someone's drinking water. |
| Superfund | The law called ______ addresses the clean up of inactive and abandoned waste sites. |
| Municipal Solid Waste | The solid wastes from home, office building and restaurants is called _______ _____ _____. |
| Biodegradable | ________ materials may be broken down into liquid and gaseous fuels. |
| Incineration | _____ is the process of burning waste. |
| Hazardous Landfill | ______ ______ is another name for a secure land fill. |
| Dioxin | The chemical that did most of the damage at Love Canal, was ______. |
| 4.4 | The average American throws out about ____ of trash per day. |
| Methane | Some landfills are designed to become a source of ____ gas as organic materials decompose. |
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