Key terms
Blank are open spaces between rock and sediment
Pores
Where is groundwater stored
Aquifers or pores
What percent of water is used for washing clothes, bathing, dishes, & toilets
50%
What was slide 2 about?
Introduction to ground water
Blank is a measure of the void spaces (pores) in a material
Porosity
What is Surface water that trickles down into the ground can reach the water table and enter an aquifer
A recharge zone
What percent of water is used for lawns and gardens?
33%
What is slide 3 about
Key terms/vocabulary
A Blank is an area where groundwater becomes surface water
discharge zone
Where the water table meets the surface, water may pool to form a Blank or may flow out as a Blank.
wetland and spring
How much water is used for washing hands, drinking, and cooking?
17%
What is slide 4 about?
storage and movement
The blank is the upper boundary, or surface, of groundwater
Water table
What percent of the water in the United States comes from groundwater
Where is groundwater held
Underground in the soil or in the pores and crevices of rock
What is slide 5 about
Uses for Groundwater & Surface Water
An(d) blank is a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow
Aquifer
What is the other percent of the US’s freshwater that comes from surface water
75%
Water from Blank of streams may seep below the surface and become groundwater.
Persipitation
Bonus question: how many cites did we use?
6