Water Cycle
What term describes water turning into vapor and rising from lakes and oceans?
What is evaporation?
What is the term for water stored beneath Earth’s surface?
What is groundwater?
What name is given to a rock or soil layer that stores and yields water?
What is an aquifer?
What is the percentage of empty space between soil particles that can hold water?
What is porosity?
Name All 5 of your Teachers....
Ms. Emily
Teacher Alex
Ms. Simone
Mr. Maxwell
Ms. Andrea
What do we call the overall process that moves water through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation?
What is the water cycle?
What do we call a stream or lake that loses water to groundwater?
What is a losing stream (or lake)?
What is the top level of the groundwater within an unconfined aquifer?
What is the water table?
What term describes how well spaces in soil are connected, allowing water flow?
What is permeability?
What are our Core Values?
Belonging
Investment
Collaboration
Growth
Excellence
What is the process when living organisms release water vapor?
What is transpiration?
Lakes, streams, or wells that gain water from below are called what?
What is a gaining stream / lake?
Which type of aquifer is pressurized by impermeable layers above and below?
What is a confined aquifer?
If soil particles vary widely in size, what does that say about its porosity?
A poorly sorted sample tends to have low porosity.
What Day is it?
Thursday, July 3rd.
What term describes water vapor turning into liquid droplets to form clouds?
What is condensation?
What part above the water table allows rainwater to flow downward through the soil until it reaches rock material?
What is the ground water recharge?
Name the zone where all soil pores are completely filled with water.
What is the saturated zone?
Between clay and sand, which has higher permeability?
Sand has larger grains—so it’s more permeable.
What is density?
A measure of how much mass is contained within a given volume. Mass/Volume
What is the name for water falling to Earth in forms like rain or snow?
What is precipitation?
True or False: Groundwater and surface water do not interact.
What is False?
Because groundwater moves so slowly, pollutants create?
What is a plume?
Which Chemical (pH, Phosphate, or Chlorine) had the highest effect on the cleanliness of the water?
The phosphate sample.
What are the three ways to clean up an oil spill?
Dispersant
Absorption
and Skimming