ch 27.3-27.4 Flashcards
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What % of wateron Earth is salt water?
97%
What % of water on Earths is freshwater?
3%
Where is the majority of freshwater found?
In Glaciers
Where is the smaller % of freshwater found?
Lakes, Rivers, and Ground Water
What is precipitation?
When water vapor cools and condenses, rain,snow,sleet, and hail.
What is runoff?
Running water off land surface.
What is infiltration?
When water enters Earth and becomes groundwater below the surface.
What is transpiration?
When plants release water vapor.
What is evaporation?
When water gets heated up from a body of water and turns into water vapor.
What is condensation?
When water vapor collides with other water vapor molecules to form water droplets.
What is the water cycle?
Water on the land that enters the atmosphere then goes down.
What us an unsaturated zone for groundwater storage.
The porus are where water easily pass through.
What is saturated zone for groundwater storage.
Where water completely fills the pore space.
What is a water table?
The material is the easier water can infiltrate through the ground.
What does it mean if sediment is permeable?
The more permeable the water is the easier it is to pass through.
What is aquifer
A rok unit that can transfer water through its pore space.
What is the name of the Great Plains Aquifer
Orgalalla Aquifer
How many states does the Great Plains Aquifer run through?
8 states
What are the names of the states that Great Plains Aquifer runs through.
South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Texas.
What is the aquitard?
Poorly permeable underground layer that limits the flow of groundwater from one aquifer to another.
How are water springs formed?
A spring is formed when the water reaches the surface through a fracture or porous layer.
What is an artesian well?
An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer containing groundwater under positive pressure.
What is a cone of depression?
A cone of depression occurs in an aquifer when groundwater is pumped from a well.
the process of assigning an exact numerical age to an organism.
Absolute Date
