Unit 8 - factors affecting earth's systems Flashcards
Aqufier
A rock that can hold or transport water
catastrophic event
A natural disaster that causes damage
Deposition
When small rocks are piled up that was carried by wind, ice, or water
ecoregion
An area that had different types of organims
erosion
When ice, wind, or water carries deposiments into an area
groundwater
water beaneath the earth’s surface
permability
The ability to allow water to pass through
recharge zone
The surface land area where water enters an aquafier
surface water
water that collects above the surface water
watershed
an area of land where all the groundwater and surface water from the area of land where all the groundwater and surface water collects itself
watertable
an underground place between the soil surface and the area where the groundwater saturates between cracks in rocks
deposition
when rocs break, turnint into smaller sediments
