1. Groundwater Vocabulary
7th Grade Science 2016

2. BrainPOP Groundwater Video Link: https://drive. google

3. Percolation: The process of water soaking through the soil.
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4. Groundwater: the fresh water that is located beneath Earth’s surface.

5. Permeable: the ability of a rock or sediments to let fluids pass through its open spaces or pores.

6. Impermeable: rock that does not allow water to flow through.

7. Saturated Zone: the area below the Earth’s surface where the pores are completely filled with water

8. Unsaturated Zone: the portion of the subsurface above the groundwater table. The soil and rock in this zone contains air as well as water in its pores.

9. Watershed: the area of land that is drained by a river system.

10. Surface Water: all the bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground.

11. Pores: tiny space between rocks and particles of soil.

12. Aquifer: a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

13. Water table: the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation.