Groundwater (Day 4)

Ability for rock/soil to hold water

• Permeability

• Aquifer

• Unsaturated

• Water Table

Rock that is completely FULL of water

• Saturated

• Unsaturated

Rock that is NOT completely full of water

• Saturated

• Unsaturated

Layer of rock underground that holds groundwater

• Aquifer

• Well

• Impermeable Rock

• Strata

As population increases, water availability...

• decreases

• increases

Groundwater/aquifers is refilled by...

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

Weather associated with lack of rain

• Drought

• Monsoon

• Blizzard

• Thunderstorms

Where does most fresh water exist?

• ice caps, lakes, and streams

• glaciers, rivers, and oceans

• aquifers, ice caps, and glacier

Where is the majority of Earth’s freshwater located?

• groundwater

• oceans

• lakes

• ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which is the most abundant freshwater resource in North Carolina?

• estuaries

• icebergs

• oceans

• rivers