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