Groundwater Basics
HELLOOOOO
H2O
Free For fAll
WHAT!!!!
100
groundwater that is near the surface
water table
100
these hang from a cave ceiling
What are stalaCtites
100
How much water on Earth is fresh?
3%
100
This is a stone that allows sinkholes to form?
limestone, dolomite
100
Groundwater does this when is moves
what is flows down and peculates up through pores in the spaces of the ground
200
this causes the water table to rise
rain
200
Groundwater can create these
caves
200
Water that is safe to drink.
potable
200
What is this topography
Karst
200
When a stalagmite and stalactite grow togather
column
300
water that is found below the ground
groundwater
300
When water dissolves this caves are created
calcium carbonate in bedrock
300
The water level below which the ground is saturated
water table
300
The water dissolved this the bedrock to create sinkholes (and caves)
calcium carbonate
300
This chemical compound makes up most of solution cave formations and is easily dissolved
What is calcium carbonate
400
This type of material allows water to flow through it
permeable material
400
Caves form from
calcium carbonate rich bedrock
400
% of the earth's fresh water is groundwater
30%
400
This forms when the ground over a void (cave) collapses
sinkhole
400
Springs are where the water rises to the surface
naturally
500
This affects how ground water infiltrates the ground
particle size, shape and packing
500
the type of topography that has undergone an abundance of chemical weathering
What is karst topography
500
What is a sinkhole?
Are cavities/voids/underground openings that form when water erodes an underlying rock layer
500
located above the water table and held in place by an impermeable layer
What is a perched water table
500
Water is this
the most erosive compound on Earth