Groundwater & Aquifers
Define/describe groundwater
What is the space between rocks, gravel, & sand?
Water that moves across the land and carries contaminants to lakes and streams.
What is runoff.
Examples of water conservation.
What is turning off faucets, taking shorter showers, fixing leaks, etc...
When we do what to water, we make it unsafe to drink and harm ecosystems.
What is pollute.
This body of water is the main source of water in the atmosphere.
What is the ocean.
An aquifer is?
What is a natural underground storage area for groundwater.
What types of pollution can runoff carry?
What is fertilizers, pesticides, heavy metals, oil, and trash.
To be a good steward of water resources.
What is using water wisely to preserve it for future generations.
A way that humans negatively impact the environment.
What is pollution.
What is the term for water falling to the ground as rain, snow, or sleet?
What is precipitation.
The movement of what through permeable materials like sand and gravel.
What is groundwater.
How do chemical plants contribute to water pollution?
What is by releasing harmful contaminants into nearby water sources.
How does reusing greywater help conserve water?
It allows non-drinking water to be used for irrigation.
Ensuring that there is enough water for future generations and to protect the environment.
What is water conservation.
Higher temperatures can increase what to affect the water cycle?
What is evaporation.
It can dry up, collapse, and take thousands of years to refill.
What is an aquifer that is emptied too quickly.
Contamination of chemical fertilizers near water sources.
What is runoff pollution as a result of human activity.
It is important to reduce the waste of this, because it is a limited resource.
What is fresh water.
Pollution from chemical plants affect human health with diseases because of contaminated what?
What is drinking water.
The storing and distribution of heat in oceans contributes to what global impact?
What is climate.
The difference between groundwater and surface water.
What is that groundwater is stored underground, while surface water is in lakes, rivers, and streams.
Impacts of runoff to marine ecosystems.
What is polluted drinking water, fish dying, and algal blooms.
What is policy to put pressures on society to protect water resources.
Dolphins were accidentally caught in fishing nets. To preserve dolphins, what action can be taken to protect dolphins?
What is policy (fines to put an economic pressure.)
Deforestation (removal of trees) has an impact on climate through what?
What is through reduced transpiration, which leads to less moisture in the atmosphere.