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What is it?
Uses
General
Pollution
100
All groundwater comes from this.
What is rainwater
100
This makes up nearly all of our water supply.
What is groundwater
100
Where groundwater can be found.
What is anywhere below the surface
100
All of human wastes that are washed down sinks, showers, and toilets, it can pollute groundwater.
What is sewage
200
Water considered a fresh, nonrenewable resource.
What is groundwater
200
Groundwater is generally used for this.
What is drinking
200
A resource that is nonrenewable, groundwater is an example of this.
What is a nonrenewable resource
200
Using fewer of this will keep groundwater clean
What are chemicals
300
This is used to store groundwater.
What is a well
300
Some examples are gravel, sand, sandstone and limestone.
What are Aquifers
300
What can happen if we run out of groundwater.
What is thrist
300
Road salts are an example of it.
What are man made pollutants.
400
Groundwater is trapped there.
What is underground
400
Wells are made by doing it.
What is drilling
400
Where groundwater is naturally found while underground.
What is in fractured rocks
400
This can pollute groundwater from chemicals meant to kill plants.
What is pesticides
500
Usually fractured rocks, these allow groundwater to easily move lower in the ground.
What is an aquifer
500
What 64% of groundwater is used for in the U.S.
What is irragation
500
What we use to draw out groundwater when found.
What is a water pump
500
An example of a pollutant to groundwater made by man.
What is gasoline