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Groundwater TJG
Water Cycle Vocab
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Science
6th Grade
04/28/2011

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Term
Groundwater
Definition
water held underground in soil or permeable rock.
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water polution
Definition
contaminated water ex. ground water.
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potable
Definition
sutable brinking water.
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aquifer
Definition
a wet underground layer of water-bering permeable rock.
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surface water
Definition
water colecting on the ground. ex. a stream
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aeration
Definition
process in witch air is cerculated.
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wetlands
Definition
an area that the soil is always wet
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Porosity
Definition
Is a wya of measuring pore space in soil and rock.
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watershed
Definition
a dranige place where all water flows to.
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gyeser
Definition
a hot spring that erupts shooting hot water.
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runoff
Definition
water that flows across earths surface.
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rechargezone
Definition
process that allows water to replinish.
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saline
Definition
a solution af any salt.
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filtration
Definition
water remaning at the top.
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permeable
Definition
able to pass through.
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non-potable
Definition
not drinkable
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water table
Definition
top zone of soil and rock.
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accumulation
Definition
becoming colected
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transperation
Definition
the pass of water vapor.
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impermeable
Definition
unable to pass through.
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permeability
Definition
the ability of rock/soil to have water and other fluids to flow through it.
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percolation
Definition
to pass through a pourous substance or small holes.
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reacharge
Definition
the process by witch groundwater is absorbed by aquifers.
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wastewater
Definition
water that has been used.
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artesian well
Definition
a well that is drilled into an aquifer.
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Artesian Spring
Definition
A place where the water table meets.
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