ABIOTIC by KENSHAWN PLEASANT https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma Made with mirth en-us 2021-09-01 17:12:32 UTC 2025-11-29 17:31:38 UTC hello@padlet.com abiotic kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710469757 physical rather than biological; not derived from living organisms.]]> 2021-09-01 17:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710469757 biotic kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710472146 relating to or resulting from living things, especially in their ecological relations.]]> 2021-09-01 17:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710472146 dog kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710473893 a domesticated carnivorous mammal that typically has a long snout, an acute sense of smell, nonretractable claws, and a barking, howling, or whining voice.]]> 2021-09-01 17:20:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710473893 cow kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710484952 a fully grown female animal of a domesticated breed of ox, kept to produce milk or beef.]]> 2021-09-01 17:24:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710484952 nitrogen kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710493277 Nitrogen is the chemical element with the symbol N and atomic number 7. It was first discovered and isolated by Scottish physician Daniel Rutherford in 1772.]]> 2021-09-01 17:28:41 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710493277 hydrogen kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710497747 a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas, the chemical element of atomic number 1.

]]> 2021-09-01 17:30:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710497747 oyxgen kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710501782 a colorless, odorless, highly flammable gas, the chemical element of atomic number 1.

]]> 2021-09-01 17:32:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1710501782 water pollution kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715750719 Water pollution is the contamination of water bodies, usually as a result of human activities, in such a manner that negatively affects its legitimate uses. Water bodies include for example lakes, rivers, oceans, aquifers, reservoirs and groundwater.]]> 2021-09-03 17:23:18 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715750719 point source pollution kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715752747 A point source of pollution is a single identifiable source of air, water, thermal, noise or light pollution. A point source has negligible extent, distinguishing it from other pollution source geometries.]]> 2021-09-03 17:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715752747 nonpoint source pollution kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715754807 Nonpoint source pollution refers to diffuse contamination of water or air that does not originate from a single discrete source. This type of pollution is often the cumulative effect of small amounts of contaminants gathered from a large area. ]]> 2021-09-03 17:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715754807 artificial eutrophication kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715756982 Artificial eutrophication is when humans artificially cause an overabundance of nutrients in an ecosystem.]]> 2021-09-03 17:26:35 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715756982 thermal pollution kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715758503 Thermal pollution, sometimes called "thermal enrichment," is the degradation of water quality by any process that changes ambient water temperature. Thermal pollution is the rise or fall in the temperature of a natural body of water caused by human influence.]]> 2021-09-03 17:27:27 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715758503 biomagnification kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715760480 2021-09-03 17:28:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715760480 surface WATER kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715769097 Surface water is any body of water above ground, including streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, reservoirs, and creeks. ... Surface water and groundwater are reservoirs that can feed into each other. While surface water can seep underground to become groundwater, groundwater can resurface on land to replenish surface water.]]> 2021-09-03 17:32:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715769097 RIVER SYSTEM kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715770383 A river system is sometimes called a drainage system. It is the whole natural water system in a drainage basin. ... Water flow in rivers and streams is normally confined to channels which are depressions or scours in the land surface that contain the flow.]]> 2021-09-03 17:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715770383 WATERSHED kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715771697 A drainage basin is any area of land where precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet, such as into a river, bay, or other body of water.]]> 2021-09-03 17:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715771697 GROUND WATER kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715773809 Groundwater is the water present beneath Earth's surface in rock and soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations. A unit of rock or an unconsolidated deposit is called an aquifer when it can yield a usable quantity of water. ]]> 2021-09-03 17:34:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715773809 AQUIFER kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715774985
  • a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater.

    • ]]>     2021-09-03 17:35:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715774985     POROSITY kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715776810 : the quality or state of being porous]]> 2021-09-03 17:36:28 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715776810 PERMEABILITY kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715777768 PHYSICS
    a quantity measuring the influence of a substance on the magnetic flux in the region it occupies.
    ]]>     2021-09-03 17:36:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715777768     RECHARGE ZONE kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715778739 Recharge zones refer to those areas where water infiltrates through the permeable rock and sediment but the saturated zone is at a depth where surface ecosystems (e.g. palustrine, lacustrine and riverine wetlands, riverine water bodies and terrestrial vegetation) are unable to access the groundwater.]]> 2021-09-03 17:37:30 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715778739 POTABLE kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715780155 safe to drink; drinkable.]]> 2021-09-03 17:38:15 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715780155 PATHOGEN kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715781475
  • a bacterium, virus, or other microorganism that can cause disease.

    • ]]>     2021-09-03 17:38:58 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715781475     RESERVOIR kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715784006 A reservoir is most commonly an enlarged natural or artificial lake created using a dam to store fresh water]]> 2021-09-03 17:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715784006 DAM kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715785181 .
    a barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level, forming a reservoir used to generate electricity or as a water supply.
    ]]>     2021-09-03 17:40:57 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715785181     DESALINATION kenshawn https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715786326 the process of removing salt from seawater.]]> 2021-09-03 17:41:36 UTC https://padlet.com/kenshawn/wew70oi8mbsvarma/wish/1715786326