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Earth Science
Chapter 10
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Environmental Studies
10th Grade
09/24/2013

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Infiltration

Definition

 

Process by which precipitation that has fallen on land trickles into the ground. 

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Zone of saturation

Definition

 

Region below the Earth's surface in which groundwater fills all the pores of material. 

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Water table

Definition

 

Upper boundary of the zone of saturation 

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Zone of aeration

Definition

 

Area above water table.  Materials are moist, but not saturated. 

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Permeability

Definition

 

Tendency of material to let water pass through it. 

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Aquifers

Definition

 

Water flows through permeable sediment and rock into large pore spaces.

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Aquicludes

Definition

 

Impermeable layers that are barriers to groundwater flow. 

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Springs

Definition

 

Natural discharges of groundwater. 

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Hot springs

Definition

 

Springs with temperatures higher than the human body. 

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Geyers

Definition

 

Explosive hot springs. 

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Cave

Definition

 

Natural underground opening with a connection to the surface. 

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Sinkhole

Definition

 

A depression in the ground caused by the collapse of a cave 

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Karst topography

Definition

 

Limestone regions that have sinkholes and disappearing streams. 

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Stalacite

Definition

 

Hangs from the cave's ceiling 

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Stalagmites

Definition

 

Grow from cave floor 

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Drawdown

Definition

 

Difference between original water table and water level in a pumped well. 

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Recharge

Definition

 

Water from precipitation replenishes the water content of an aquifer. 

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Artesian well

Definition

 

An aquifer that contains water under pressure 

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