Water cycle Flashcards
Water that flows over the ground rather than soaking into the ground is what?
Run-off
Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rocklayers
Groundwater
Water above the surface of the land including lakes, river, streams, ponds, floodwater, and run-off
Surface water
An area of land where water collects, it runs off to a common place like a lake, river or bay
Watershed
A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater
Aquifer
The area below Earth’s surface where all the pores of a material is completely filled with groundwater
Zone of saturation
The upper level of the saturated zone of ground water
Water table
How much pore space a rock has, the percentage of open spaces between the grains of a rock
Porosity
Ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it
Permeability
Drilled down to to zone of saturation to and water is pumped up
Water well
Harmful substances in the air, water, or soil
Pollutants
The introduction to dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious, materials
Contamination
Places where waste material is buried and covered in soil
Landfills
An underground water treatment center
Septic system
Store chemicals underground that could leak into the soil
Storage tanks
Rain and snow carry pesticides and fertilizer into the groundwater
Agricultural run-off
A chemical that provides nutrients to helps crops grow better
Fertilizer
A stream or river that flows into a lake or larger stream
Tributary
The path a stream follows
Channel
The boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions
Divide
How freshwater is transferred to the ocean
River flow
Farming
Agriculuture
A collection of businesses with a common line of production or services
Industry
The moving of people or goods to one place or another
Transportation
Anything a person does to relax or have fun/play
Recreation
A natural source of water that formed when water from an aquifer percolates up to the ground surface
Springs
The incline or slope; the rate of incline
Gradient
Openings in a rock that allow water to reach the surface
Pores
An area of Earths surface where water percolates down to an aquifer
Recharge zone
Groundwater flows to the surface
Discharge zone
An outflow of water from a stream, pipe, groundwater aquifer, or water shed ; the opposite of recharge
Discharge
