Groundwater 1
What is the name of a stored underground body of water?
Aquifer
Another name for the water cycle?
What is the hydrologic cycle?
An area of land where the surface water and the groundwater drain into a large body of water.
What is a watershed?
True or False. Oceans are an example of surface water?
What is true?
What is the definition of permeability?
The ability of water to flow through sediment
When water enters the soil it is actually ______ into the ground.
infiltrating
The sun's heat causes water to rise into the air and turn to vapor
What is Evaporation?
Water that falls in the Darby Creek Watershed will eventually discharge in the ......
Gulf of Mexico
This makes up only 3% of all Earth's water.
What is fresh water?
Groundwater can be mechanically pumped to the surface using a
What is a well?
What amount of the Earth's freshwater is found underground?
About 1.5%
When water falls from clouds in the sky.
What is precipitation?
Watersheds include only surface water
False; also includes groundwater
Most fresh water on earth is...
What is frozen (ice caps/glaciers)?
What is the definition of porosity?
The amount of space in between sediment in which water can be stored.
What is the name of the top of zone of saturation?
Water table
When water vapor in the air turns back into water due to cooling.
What is Condensation?
The method in which pollutants that can enter surface waters.
Surface runoff
This makes up 97% of the Earth's water
What is salt water?
Name a type of pollutant of Groundwater?
faulty septic tanks
What is the name of a well that does not need an electric pump?
Artesian Well
When precipitation gathers into different bodies of water, and even into the ground.
What is collection?
Watersheds are separated by particular elevations called.....
Divides
This is more prone to pollution...
What is surface water?
Aquifers are ______ because of their large, connected pores.
What is permeable?