Water Cycle
Process of a liquid changing into a gas.
Evaporation
This is our most valuable source.
Water
What pulls water and everything towards the center of the Earth?
Gravity
How far can groundwater go?
Impermeable layer
Water that seeps into the ground.
Ground water
Condensed water vapor that falls back to the Earth.
Precipitation
Process of a gas changing into a liquid.
Condensation
Water bearing rock that easily transmits water into springs and wells.
Aquifer
96.5% of our water on Earth is what?
Oceans
Two factors that the water cycle causes surface water?
1. precipitation
2. Surface run off
Precipitation that reaches Earth's surface and flows over land reaching lakes, rivers, and oceans.
Surface Runoff
What controls that water cycle?
The sun
How much of the water on Earth contains .001%?
Water Vapor (air)
Any body of water above ground.
Surface Water
What are the major causes of pollutants in ground water? (one)
1. Oil
2. Waste
3. Toxic Chemicals
Process of snow and ice changing into water vapor without melting into water.
Sublimation (Evaporation)
Water collects into rivers, lakes, oceans, and other bodies of water or as ice caps and glaciers.
Accumulation (runnoff)
1.7% of our water contains snow and what?
Ice caps and glaciers (Ice)
Name 2 examples of surface water.
Oceans
Creeks
Rivers
Wetlands
Reservoirs
Lakes
Streams
Ponds
What are two things that are not found underground
Lakes and rivers
Plants absorb water through their roots and give off water vapor through their leave.
Transpiration
Water soaks into the soil from the ground level and moves into rocks through cracks and pores.
Infiltration (absorption)
Name the layers of the ground in the correct order.
1. Unsaturated Zone
2. Water Table
3. Saturated Zone
1.7% of water contained in these three areas, name 2.
1. Lakes
2. Streams
3. Rivers
4. Soil
Contaminated water can be harmful to..(name 2)
1. Plants
2. Crops
3. People
4. Animals