Science Reviewer Presentation #8 Different Water Resources on earth Flashcards
Is necessary for drinking and sanitation, providing for our crops, livestock, and industry, and creating and sustaining the ecosystems on which all life depends
Clean freshwater
in contrast to seawater and other bodies of water like the ocean, is water that is found on top of land and forms terrestrial (inland) waterbodies.
Surface Water Resources
The vast majority of surface water is created by ________
precipitation.
A significant percentage of the water used for human use is provided by ______, which runs off into surrounding streams and rivers in the spring when the environment begins to warm.
snowmelt
______ to become groundwater causes levels of surface water to decline.
Evaporation and water entering the ground
It is the water that is found in soil pore spaces and rock formation fractures underneath the surface of the Earth.
Ground Water Resources
Are geologic formations of soil, sand, and rocks where it is stored and slowly circulates.
Aquifers
The primary source of groundwater is this. Rain and snow are the two main ways that this water is obtained. The earth receives water from reservoirs, lakes, rivers, and oceans once it has vaporized. Since meteoric water is obtained by the melting of snow or rain, it is sometimes referred to as “shooting star water.”
Meteoric Water
Is the term for the water that exists in the cracks and crevices of sedimentary rocks beneath seas and lakes. It also goes by the name “sediment water.” It is the second crucial groundwater source.
Connate water
Volcanic activity causes hot magma to enter rocks, where its vapor drops are then condensed and turned into water. It is known as magmatic water.
There are other sources, such as when groundwater resurfaces on the earth’s surface.
They mostly consist of springs, wells, and geysers.
Magmatic Water
Water that results from precipitation (a storm), such as torrential rain and meltwater from hail and snow, is referred to as stormwater, also spelled as stormwater. Stormwater can evaporate back into the atmosphere, be stored on the land surface in ponds and puddles, or contribute to surface runoff. It can also infiltrate into the soil and turn into groundwater. The majority of runoff is transported untreated immediately as surface water to neighboring streams, rivers, or other significant bodies of water (wetlands, lakes, and oceans).
Storm Water Resources
Is the process used to remove contaminants from wastewater and turn it into wastewater that can be returned to the water cycle. Returning to the water cycle, the wastewater either places an acceptable burden on the environment or is reused for various purposes
Treatment
toilet flushing, laundry, washing dishes, etc. It comes from private and domestic sources. Commercial wastewater is beauty salons, taxidermy, furniture refinishing, musical instrument cleaning, and auto repair shops.
Waste Water Sources
The majority of water on Earth is salty! Chloride and sodium are the maximum plentiful ions determined in salt water. Humans can’t use saltwater directly – that you in all likelihood recognise if you`ve ever swallowed ocean water and felt unwell afterward. Before human beings can use saltwater for consuming or farmland irrigation, it ought to be dealt with to eliminate the salts, via a manner known as desalinization.
Saltwater assets consist of the Pacific Ocean, Indian Ocean, Great Salt Lake and Salton Sea in southern California. Freshwater examples consist of the Great Lakes, Lake Tahoe and the Mississippi River.
Saltwater Resources
Most of the fresh water on earth is frozen, so if it all melted at once, sea levels would rise by about 6 meters. Ice is made of fresh water, even ice that floats in oceans and oceans. This is because salt water freezes at a much lower temperature than fresh water, and very cold salt water is so dense that it sinks through the surface where freezing occurs. Ice is found in the Arctic and Antarctic as ice caps, in high mountains and high latitudes as glaciers, and in areas with permanent snow and permafrost. About 90% of the ice on Earth is in Antarctica. Ice caps and glaciers are formed in layers by the accumulation of snow and frozen water over many years.
Ice Cap Water Resources
