Human Impact on Water & NC River Basin

Land that water flows across or under on its way to a river is called

• aquifer

• condesnation

• river basin

• sewer

We live in the____________ river basin

• Yadkin-PeeDee

• Catawba

• Cape Fear

• Savannah

This type of rock allows water to flow through it and recharge an aquifer

• Impermeable

• water table

• permeable

• non-porous

97% of all water can be found

• in oceans

• in the ground

• in glaciers

• in the atmosphere

River basin are made up of many smaller

• aquifers

• zones of saturation

• watersheds

• water tables

Which type of pollution comes out a pipe?

• Point source pollution

• air pollution

• Nonpoint source pollution

• Riparian buffer

What is an estuary?

• A little body of water

• Places where fresh water and streams flow into the ocean

• Water in a gaseous state

• The presence of unwanted material in water

Water that fills the crack and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

• aquifer

• groundwater

• condensation

• ocean

What does water transfer as it moves down stream?

• bacteria & chemicals

• excess nutrients & organic matter

• gravel, sand, & silt

• All of the above

What is an aquifer?

• A porous rock layer underground that is a reservoir for water.

• Surplus water from rain and melted snow

• a vegetative buffer

• another word for groundwater