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Water contained in open spaces, or pores, of rock and soil. |
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| The volume of pore space divided by the volume of rock |
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Well connected pores or cracks that allows groundwater to flow through it. |
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a layer of permeable rock through which water flows freely. |
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where the pores of an aquifer are full of water. |
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The top surface of the zone of saturation |
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a hot fountain that erupts periodically, shooting water and steam into the air. |
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The contamination of soil, water, air or other parts of the ecosystem by something harmful. |
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a process that uses living organisms to remove pollutants. |
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when water no longer fills the pores of an aquifer and the land sinks. |
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an underground chamber that opens to the surface. |
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water inside of a cave drips and leaves behind deposits of calcium carbonate. |
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when so much rock dissolves that the cave roof can no longer support the land above it and the land collapse into the cave. |
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| a place where trash is collected that is lined with gravel, a plastic liner and a layer of clay to keep garbage from leaking into groundwater. |
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| Which country has 6% of the world's population but produces 50% of the world's trash |
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| Underground storage tanks |
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| These containers used to hold oil and gas sometimes leak when they get old and rusty and can pollute groundwater. |
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Waste and dirty water from houses drain into these tanks outside of the house. Leaking ones can pollute groundwater. |
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| Factories often put their chemical waste into these to hold them until they can be properly disposed of. |
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| Forms when surface water seeps through the ground and chemically combines with carbonic acid. This weak acid can dissolve some types of rock to form caves |
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| Using trash that would otherwise be thrown away to make something new. |
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| Organisms in the environment, such as bacteria and fungus, that break down dead organism into gases, soil and other materials. |
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| Allowing materials such as yard waste and food scraps to break down naturally in a pile in order to use it for gardens. |
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