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Groundwater CS
Water
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Science
6th Grade
04/28/2011

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GroundWater
Definition
Is contained in the open space (pores)of soil and rock
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Runoff
Definition
Water that flows across the Earth's surface
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Porosity
Definition
Is a way measuring pore space in soil ad rock
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Permility
Definition
The abiity of rock or soil to have water and other fluids through it
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Aquifer
Definition
Underground water storage for groundwater it is often stored with permeable rock
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Water Table
Definition
The highest level in a aquifer where the water pores are ful of water
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Recharge Zone
Definition
The surface area above the Aquifer where precipation falls and evachle percolates down into the poros rock of aquifer
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Aretsian Well
Definition
A well that is drilled into an aquifer where the ground water is under preasure
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Artesian Spring
Definition
A place where the water meets te Earths surface and ground water seeps into the surface
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Geyser
Definition
A hot spring that erupts peroatically shooting water and sream into the air
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potable
Definition
Fit to drink
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Nonpotable
Definition
Not fit to drink
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Saline
Definition
Salty Water
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Aculamation
Definition
The collected totality of water in the ocean
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Recharge
Definition
The process by which groung water is obsorbed
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Surace water
Definition
Water on the surface
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Waste Water
Definition
Water that has been used in washing
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Ogallala
Definition
A vast yet yellow underground water table
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Tributary
Definition
A stream feeding a large bodie of water
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Areation
Definition
Process in which air is circulated
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Wetlands
Definition
An area were the soil is always wet
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Watershed
Definition
A drainage place where all water flows to
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Estuary
Definition
A partly enclosed coastol of water with one or more rivers
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Filturation
Definition
Liqid that has been passed through a filter
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Pollutients
Definition
Minerals that pollute water
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Saturation
Definition
The dew point
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