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Water cycle Flashcards

1
Q

Water that flows over the ground rather than soaking into the ground is what?

A

Run-off

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2
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Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rocklayers

A

Groundwater

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3
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Water above the surface of the land including lakes, river, streams, ponds, floodwater, and run-off

A

Surface water

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4
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An area of land where water collects, it runs off to a common place like a lake, river or bay

A

Watershed

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5
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A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater

A

Aquifer

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6
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The area below Earth’s surface where all the pores of a material is completely filled with groundwater

A

Zone of saturation

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7
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The upper level of the saturated zone of ground water

A

Water table

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8
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How much pore space a rock has, the percentage of open spaces between the grains of a rock

A

Porosity

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9
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Ability of rock or soil to allow water to flow through it

A

Permeability

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10
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Drilled down to to zone of saturation to and water is pumped up

A

Water well

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11
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Harmful substances in the air, water, or soil

A

Pollutants

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12
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The introduction to dangerous chemicals, disease, or infectious, materials

A

Contamination

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13
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Places where waste material is buried and covered in soil

A

Landfills

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14
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An underground water treatment center

A

Septic system

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15
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Store chemicals underground that could leak into the soil

A

Storage tanks

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16
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Rain and snow carry pesticides and fertilizer into the groundwater

A

Agricultural run-off

17
Q

A chemical that provides nutrients to helps crops grow better

A

Fertilizer

18
Q

A stream or river that flows into a lake or larger stream

A

Tributary

19
Q

The path a stream follows

A

Channel

20
Q

The boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions

A

Divide

21
Q

How freshwater is transferred to the ocean

A

River flow

22
Q

Farming

A

Agriculuture

23
Q

A collection of businesses with a common line of production or services

A

Industry

24
Q

The moving of people or goods to one place or another

A

Transportation

25
Q

Anything a person does to relax or have fun/play

A

Recreation

26
Q

A natural source of water that formed when water from an aquifer percolates up to the ground surface

A

Springs

27
Q

The incline or slope; the rate of incline

A

Gradient

28
Q

Openings in a rock that allow water to reach the surface

A

Pores

29
Q

An area of Earths surface where water percolates down to an aquifer

A

Recharge zone

30
Q

Groundwater flows to the surface

A

Discharge zone

31
Q

An outflow of water from a stream, pipe, groundwater aquifer, or water shed ; the opposite of recharge

A

Discharge

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