Watery Stuff

Question 0

2 ways a wshed can change over time .

Answer 0

1. The direction a river flows.

2. Nutrients can be deposited elsewhere.

Question 1

Difference between gwater and swater

Answer 1

Gwater: it is underground like in an aquifer and fills spaces soil rocks

Swater: on the surface of the earth like a lake or pond.

Question 2

3 ways we impact water sheds

Answer 2

1. Dams
2. Factory smoke/ chemicals/ polluting water
3. Pesticides/ pumping too much to irrigate

Question 3

Runoff:

Answer 3

The water in the stream it flows there

Question 4

Streams:

Answer 4

Water that flows within a channel

Question 5

Watershed:

Answer 5

Area where all runoff goes

Question 6

Headwater:

Answer 6

Where river starts

Question 7

Estuaries:

Answer 7

Coastal area where fresh+salt water mix

Question 8

Lake:

Answer 8

Large body of water

Question 9

2 characteristics of rock that make depth of water table

Answer 9

1. Porosity

2. Permeability

Question 10

3 things that determine gwater flow

Answer 10

1. Wells
2. Rain
3. Spring

Question 11

2 ways people effect gwater

Answer 11

1. Fertilizers, pesticides, sewage, salt

2. Removing too much and making sinkhole