Ground Water
A hole drilled in the ground to get water.
What is a well?
Overflowing rivers cause this to happen
What is a flood?
This Arizona natural wonder was formed by the Colorado River.
What is the Grand Canyon?
Doing this while brushing your teeth saves water.
What is turning off the water?
This solid is formed when water freezes.
What is ice?
The percentage of Marshfield residents that use groundwater for drinking.
What is 100%?
This term refers to the process of water moving across the surface of the land, usually into rivers, lakes, or oceans.
What is runoff?
This River starts in Minnesota and flows to the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
Placing this in your toilet tank saves water.
What is a water jug?
The chemical formula of water.
What is H2O?
This is the term for the natural process where water from the surface seeps into the ground to replenish underground water supplies.
What is recharge?
Dumping waste into the water causes this.
What is pollution
This swampland area, home to the Seminoles, is located in Southern Florida.
What are the Everglades?
The release of rain or snow from a cloud.
What is precipitation?
The temperature at which water freezes.
What is 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celsius?
A spring that periodically spurts jets of hot water and steam into the air.
What is a geyser?
This process causes river banks to wear away.
What is erosion
Glaciers helped form this system of lakes located on the US/Canada border.
What are the Great Lakes?
The process of water turning into vapor.
What is evaporation?
The study of water.
What is hydrology?
This is the process where water moves through the soil and rocks to become groundwater.
This is the process where water moves through the soil and rocks to become groundwater.
The largest freshwater lake in the US.
What is Lake Superior?
This famous geyser is located in Yellowstone National Park.
What is Old Faithful?
The fan-like structure is sometimes used for pumping water in rural areas.
What is a windmill?
This term refers to the amount of water vapor in the air, which can affect weather patterns and hydrological processes.
What is humidity?