Groundwat er Water Pollution Vocab Words Case Studies Etc
Groundwater - 10 When land begins to sink due to an overdraft of water
Groundwater – 10 Subsidence
Groundwater - 20 When groundwater wells begin to extract salt water due to proximity to ocean
Groundwater – 20 Saltwater Intrusion
Groundwater - 30 The level where the aquifer begins
Groundwater – 30 Water Table
Groundwater - 40 The layer of semipermeable rock that is saturated with water underground
Groundwater – 40 Aquifer
Groundwater - 50 This is the area of land where any water falls, and recharges groundwater. It is determined by the landscape.
Groundwater – 50 Watershed
Water Pollution - 10 The number 1 item found on beaches in California
Water Pollution – 10 Cigarette Buttes
Water Pollution - 20 Who wrote the “Tragedy of the Commons?”
Water Pollution – 20 Garrett Hardin
Water Pollution - 30 What is the number 2 item found on beaches?
Water Pollution – 30 Plastic Bags
Water Pollution - 40 This is the system that drains the water OUTSIDE OF the home. Catches rainwater
Water Pollution – 40 Storm Drain System
Water Pollution - 50 When a river is diverted by man and, in some cases, is lined with concrete
Water Pollution – 50 Channelization
Water Vocab - 10 The water that flows down valleys after a rain
Water Vocab – 10 Runoff
Water Vocab - 20 When water seeps back into the soil to recharge groundwater
Water Vocab – 20 Infiltration
Water Vocab - 30 When water turns from a gas to a liquid in the sky to make clouds
Water Vocab – 30 Condensation
Water Vocab - 40 An area of low-lying land where it is likely to flood due to proximity to a river or other body of water
Water Vocab – 40 Floodplain
Water Vocab - 50 A structure that is used to create electricity by spinning turbines using the flow of water.
Water Vocab – 50 Dam
Case Studies- 10 On which river was the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) built?
Case Studies – 10 The Colorado River
Case Studies - 20 What is the largest Dam in the world?
Case Studies – 20 Three Gorges Dam
Case Studies - 30 This is the sea in Eurasia that has become saltier and saltier over the years due to an immense overdraft of water.
Case Studies – 30 Aral Sea
Question This is the largest aquifer in the US, but is receding due to overdraft of water
Case Studies – 40 Ogallala Aquifer
Case Studies - 50 How many aqueducts serve LA County?
Case Studies – 50 4
Etc disadvantages to building dams
Etc. – 10
Etc advantages of extracting ground water
Etc. – 20
Etc This is the book/documentary about how waterways were shaped in the Western US.
Etc.– 30 Cadillac Desert
Etc disadvantages to extracting groundwater
Etc. – 40
Etc methods of prevention OR control for extracting groundwater
Etc. – 50