Groundwater Vocabulary and Karst

Water leaving an aquifer...

• discharge water

• recharge water

• groundwater

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Layers of gravel, sand, sandstone, or fractured rock have large connected spaces and are considered...

• porous

• impermeable

• permeable

• artesian

A layer that contains pores that are not connected is said to be ...

• permeable

• porous

• artesian

• impermeable

The top of the water in the soil, sand, or rocks...

• water table

• recharge water

• artesian

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Water that fills the empty spaces and cracks...

• groundwater

• artesian

• recharge water

• discharge water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water seeping down from the land surface adds to the groundwater and is called...

• discharge water

• recharge water

• artesian

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The amount of spaces in soil

• permeability

• recharge

• artesian

• porosity

Underground soil or rock through which groundwater can easily move...

• artesian

• well

• aquifer

• water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

An artesian well

• relies on a pump, creating pressure through a permeable rock layer

• relies on water pressure from a heated source making water increase in elevation, like mercury in a thermometer.

• relies on water pressure from an aquifer sandwiched between two impermeable rock layers.

• relies on water pressure from a pump through an impermeable rock layer.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Groundwater can become polluted through

• seepage from landfills

• leaky fuel tanks

• fertilizers and pesticides

• septic tanks

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3