Essential Water
Water Table
Goundwater Storage
Groundwater Chemistry
MISC
100

The largest amount of fresh water is found here

glaciers & ice caps

100

The action of water flowing downward through soil 

percolating or percolate

100

A material that keeps water from flowing is said to be

impermeable 

100

Known as the "Universal Solvent"

water

100

Water that is safe to drink but contains many disolved minerals 

hard water

200

The source of about 96% of the world's fresh liquid water

groundwater

200

The upper surface of a groundwater reservoir 

water table

200

The inflow of water to supply a groundwater reservoir. 

recharge or recharging

200

Water that is safe to drink and cook with

potable water

200

A substance that dissolves other substances

solvent

300

Groundwater is accessible by making on of these

wells

300

The part of the soil that contains porous rock allowing water to percolate

zone of aeration

300

When the water table meets the ground's surface causing water to flow, often continuously, you will have one of these

a spring

300
A substance that is dissolves in another substance

solute

300
Water that is low in calcium and magnesium compounds 

soft water

400

The process of water continually moving from the continents to the oceans, evaporating to the atmosphere, moving back to the continents as water vapor and clouds, and dropping back into the continents as rain and snow 

water cycle

400
Area of soil below the water table

zone of saturation

400
A rock stratum that directs water from one place to another

aquifer

400

Carbonate deposits formed from heating or boiling hard water produce a rocklike substance known as

scales

400

The mixture of a solvent with a dissolved substance from this

solution

500

Plants absorb water from the soil, and they release some of this water back into the air through their leaves and stems by this process

transpiration

500

In order for water to percolate down into the ground, the rocks in the zone of aeration must have these two qualities 

porosity & permeability 

500

If you drill a well at a lower elevation into the aquifer, the water may have enough pressure to spurt up out of the well, thus creating on of these

artisan well

500

The three ways that hard water can be soften

heating or boiling water; tablets of borax, washing soda, or phosphate compounds; special filters called demineralizers or ion exchangers

500

Why is the water molecule good at dissolving and separating other substances?

Water molecules are shaped like boomerangs. The bend has a different electrical charge compared with the ends because of the kind of bonds holding the atoms together. This feature helps water molecules grab and hold lots of other atoms, molecules, and ions, including other water molecules, by electrical attraction.