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Study guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is surface water? | all the bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground. |
| What is groundwater? | The water that is beneath Earth's surface |
| What is a water table? | The upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation. |
| What is watershed? | the area of land that is drained by a river system. |
| What is a channel? | The path that a stream follows |
| What is a tributary? | a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream. |
| What is a divide? | The boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions. |
| What is an aquifer? | A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater. |
| Where is water found on Earth? (two main locations) | 97% is in the ocean the remaining 3 percent is found in glaciers, ice, rivers, and lakes. |
| How does water move on earth’s surface? | As precipitation falls on earths surface, it flows from higher to lower areas. |
| Relate the terms gradient, stream load, and flow (do not describe each word!) | They all move on earths surface and they happen in rivers and in streams. |
| What three ways does groundwater flow? | It trickles down from earths surface, It fills tiny spaces underground, and it is recharged and discharges. |
| What is the difference between a recharge zone and a discharge zone (must describe each) | |
| What are the 4 ways people use water? | For drinking and use at home, For Agriculture, For Industry, For transpiration and Recreation. |
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lydia.alvey
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