Science - Groundwater
Any place on Earth where water is stored. They can be man-made or natural
What is a reservoir?
made.
1. Solid
3 phases of water are... 2. Liquid
3. Gas
Name the 6 reservoirs we learned about Oceans, rivers, lakes, atmosphere, aquifers, and glaciers.
in this lesson
Any water stored naturally under the ground. Water that is stored in empty s
Groundwater is...
in rock and soil.
How does water get into the ground? Water gets into the ground through a process called infiltration.
What is porus rock? Rocks that have cracks and holes, sometimes microscopic.
What is non-porus rock? Rock that has no open spaces
What is porosity? A measure of how much open space a rock has
Define permeability a measure of how much water flows through a rock.
What does permeable rock have? It has connected, open spaces that allow water to flow through
Rock that may have open spaces, but they are not connected--water cannot
What is impermeable rock?
through
What is saturation? when something can be absorbed, like water
, Science - Groundwater
What is the zone of aeration? the soil that is not saturated above the water table.
What is the zone of saturation? soil that is saturated with water.
imaginary boundary between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturatio
What is a water table?
is the top of the zone of saturation.
What is an aquifer? a body of saturated rock through which water can easily move.
What is a well? a hole drilled into the ground to access water contained in aquifer.
What do we call water found in the Humanity
atmosphere?
What is huminity? It is the amount of water in the air.
It feels hot and damp.
How can we tell that there is a lot of The air feels heavier because there's more stuff in it. People sweat more.
humidity in the air (physically)? There's condensation.
Causes frizz in people's hair.
What tool do we use to measure Hygromater
humidity?
What is absolute huminity? The total amount of water in the air
Does NOT give us an exact amount of water that is in the air. Instead, it tells u
What is relative huminity?
how close we are to reaching the MAXIMUM amount of water in the atmosp
Any place on Earth where water is stored. They can be man-made or natural
What is a reservoir?
made.
1. Solid
3 phases of water are... 2. Liquid
3. Gas
Name the 6 reservoirs we learned about Oceans, rivers, lakes, atmosphere, aquifers, and glaciers.
in this lesson
Any water stored naturally under the ground. Water that is stored in empty s
Groundwater is...
in rock and soil.
How does water get into the ground? Water gets into the ground through a process called infiltration.
What is porus rock? Rocks that have cracks and holes, sometimes microscopic.
What is non-porus rock? Rock that has no open spaces
What is porosity? A measure of how much open space a rock has
Define permeability a measure of how much water flows through a rock.
What does permeable rock have? It has connected, open spaces that allow water to flow through
Rock that may have open spaces, but they are not connected--water cannot
What is impermeable rock?
through
What is saturation? when something can be absorbed, like water
, Science - Groundwater
What is the zone of aeration? the soil that is not saturated above the water table.
What is the zone of saturation? soil that is saturated with water.
imaginary boundary between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturatio
What is a water table?
is the top of the zone of saturation.
What is an aquifer? a body of saturated rock through which water can easily move.
What is a well? a hole drilled into the ground to access water contained in aquifer.
What do we call water found in the Humanity
atmosphere?
What is huminity? It is the amount of water in the air.
It feels hot and damp.
How can we tell that there is a lot of The air feels heavier because there's more stuff in it. People sweat more.
humidity in the air (physically)? There's condensation.
Causes frizz in people's hair.
What tool do we use to measure Hygromater
humidity?
What is absolute huminity? The total amount of water in the air
Does NOT give us an exact amount of water that is in the air. Instead, it tells u
What is relative huminity?
how close we are to reaching the MAXIMUM amount of water in the atmosp
