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What is a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply?

What type of pollution comes from many sources rather than from a single, specific site?

What is the process of removing salt from seawater to make it usable for drinking and farming?

What type of pollution enters a body of water from a specific source?

What is a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater?

What is an ecosystem where all water runoff drains into a single body of water called?

What is water produced by livestock operations and human activities, including sewage and gray water?

What is water that contains insignificant amounts of salts, as found in rivers and lakes?

What is water that moves across the land surface and into streams and rivers called?

What is the accumulation of salts in soil that can eventually make the soil unable to support plant growth?

What is water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff?

What is a deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater?

What is the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere where ozone is a pollutant in smog?

Which atmospheric layer, located 12 to 50 km above Earth, holds ozone and absorbs UV radiation?

What is the treaty put together to cut emissions of CFCs by 35% between 1989 and 2000?

What is the transfer of heat by the movement of a fluid called?

What is the atmospheric condition in which warm air traps cooler air near the Earth's surface?

What are gases used as a solvent, propellant in aerosols, refrigerant, and in plastic foams that deplete the ozone?

What is a boundary between two air masses called?

What is the thinning of stratospheric ozone that occurs over the poles during the spring?

What is the direct transfer of heat from one substance to another substance that it is touching?

What are coal, oil, natural gas, and other fuels that are ancient remains of plants and animals?

What is a mixture of gases that surrounds a planet or moon?

What is energy that is radiated or transmitted in the form of rays, waves, or particles?

What is air pollution by a mixture of smoke and fog called?

What is a device that removes pollutants or changes them chemically before they leave factory smokestacks?

What is the amount of water vapor in the air at any given time, usually less than that required to saturate the air, expressed as a percentage?

What is caused by sulfuric and nitric acids resulting in lowered pH of surface waters?

Which greenhouse gas is considered most responsible for global warming?

What is NOT considered a cause of global warming according to scientists?

What is an example of a secondary source of energy?

What is a soft, fine-grained sedimentary rock from which oil and natural gas are obtained?

What are deposits of moist sand and clay containing bitumen called?

What is an ice-like solid consisting of molecules of methane embedded in a crystal lattice of water molecules?

What is the use of sunlight to heat buildings directly called?

What is the use of technology to collect, store, and distribute the sun's energy?

Solar panels gather _____ energy from the sun.

What is a device that converts light into electricity?

What is a method of increasing the intensity of solar energy by using a parabolic array of mirrors to reflect the light onto a smaller area?

Which of the following are NOT part of a wind turbine?

What is the energy captured by transforming the motion of air into electrical energy using a turbine?

What type of wind farms have more wind than on land, cost more, and produce more energy?

What is energy produced by burning organic matter, such as wood, food scraps, and alcohol?

What is the energy produced by heat within the Earth?

What is electricity generated from the energy of moving water called?

What is the use of temperature differences in ocean water to produce electricity?

What technology converts solar energy to electric energy?

What technology uses mirrors to focus sunlight in order to generate electricity?

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