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Groundwater HA
Water cycle vocab
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Science
6th Grade
04/25/2011

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Wet lands
Definition
Are lands that are always wet and control what plants and animals live there
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Water shed
Definition
A drainage in which water goes to a lake, river, or certain place
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Porosity
Definition
Is a way of measuring space in soil and rock
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Permeability
Definition
Ability of rock/soil to have water and other fluids through it
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Percolation
Definition
Movement of water through porous rocks
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Permeable
Definition
Rock has connected pores and cracks that allows ground water to flow through it
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Aquifer
Definition
Underground storage place for groundwater. It is often stored within permeable rock
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Water table
Definition
The highest level in an aquifer where pores are full of water. Separates the zone of saturation from the zone of aeration
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Groundwater
Definition
Is contained in open space of soil and rocks
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Runoff
Definition
Water that flows accross the earth's surface
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Potable
Definition
Fit to drink
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Non-potable
Definition
Not fit to drink
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Saline
Definition
Salty water,salty solution
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Accumalation
Definition
The collected totality of water in the ocean
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Recharge
Definition
The proccess in by which groundwater is absorbed into an aquifer
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Surface water
Definition
Water flowing or standing on the earth's surface
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Waste water
Definition
Water that is used for washing, flushing, etc.
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Tributary
Definition
A stream that flows into a larger body of water
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Estuary
Definition
The mouth of a river
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Filtration
Definition
Liquid that has been filtered
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Pollutants
Definition
Something that pollutes liquid
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Saturation
Definition
When water turns into water vapor
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Transpiration
Definition
Plants releasing water into the atmosphere
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Impermeable
Definition
Not permeable
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Percolation
Definition
Water going through rocks
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