Review for Hydrologic Cycle Test Your test is tomorrow!!!

The Hydrologic Cycle Facts Name all of the parts of the hydrologic cycle What does the word precede mean? Which two directions can water go once it hits the ground?

Evaporation Condensation Precipitation (rain, hail, sleet, snow) Runoff or Infiltration Percolation Sublimation

Groundwater Facts  Compare infiltration and percolation  What is an aquifer?  What is a reservoir?

Dam Facts What is a reservoir/dam? Why are dams built? What is the purpose of a hydroelectric dam? How can man-made reservoirs be both beneficial and harmful to the environment? Which dam supplies water and electricity to seven United States? What river was this dam built on?

Water pollution facts What are sources of water pollution? What is point source pollution? (give an example) What is non-point source pollution? (give an example)

Drinking Water facts What is desalination? What are the two products of desalination? Where is it in use in North Carolina? How much of the world’s freshwater water supply is actually available for use such as drinking, cooking, bathing, washing clothes, etc.?

River facts Where are the headwaters of a river? Where is a river’s delta located? What is the sign of a mature river system? What are meanders? Is a V-shaped or a U-shaped valley the sign of a stream cut or a glacier cut valley?

Well facts What are three types of wells? What is an artesian well? Is well water always the safer water to drink? You go on a three day hike in the desert and you come upon two springs. One has lots of insects in it and several flying around it. The other appears to have no life except for a few dead bugs at the bottom of the stream. Which stream would you drink from?

More water facts What is a spring (water spring)? What is an artesian spring? What is a hot spring? What is a geyser? What is hydrothermal energy?