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Water MG
water cycle Vocab
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Science
6th Grade
04/22/2011

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Term
groundwater
Definition
is water beneath the ground surface in the spaces in the soil
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aquifer
Definition
underground storage place for undergroungwater
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surface water
Definition
water that collects on the ground and is collected by precipitation.
Term
aeration
Definition
first step in water treament
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wetlands
Definition
are lands that are always wet and controls plants and animals that live there
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porosity
Definition
is the way water can go through pebbles or gravel etc.
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water pollution
Definition
poulltion that is from the ground that gets in the water
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rechange zone
Definition
the surface area above an aquifer where percipitation falls,and evennatully percolates down into the pores rock of the aquifer
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saline
Definition
salty water
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watershed
Definition
where all the water goes to one area
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filtration
Definition
fourth step in water treament
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pollutants
Definition
objects that can pollute
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permeable
Definition
describes rock that allows groundwater through it because it contains many cracks
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potable
Definition
fit to drink
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non-potable
Definition
not fit to drink
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accumulation
Definition
like condinsation
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transpiration
Definition
when plants give off water
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impermeable
Definition
Not allowing water to pass through
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water table
Definition
highest level in an aqifer where the pores are full of water
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percolation
Definition
the movemet of water through porosrock and / or soil
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permability
Definition
the ability of rock/soil to have water and other fluids to flow through
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atesian well
Definition
a well that is drilled in a aquifer where the ground water is under pressure
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atesian spring
Definition
a place where the water table meets
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run off
Definition
water that flows across the earth's surface
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ogallala aquifer
Definition
aquifer that streches from the Texas panhandle to South Daktoa
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estuary
Definition
the wide part of a river where it near the sea
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satration
Definition
where craks undergound are filled with water
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tributary
Definition
a small stream the flows in to a larger stream
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waste water
Definition
washing / flushing ,and other house hold items
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pollutants
Definition
objects that can polluante the enviroment
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recharge
Definition
groundwater absorbed into aquifer
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