2. Groundwat er Water Pollution Vocab Words Case Studies Etc. 10 20 30 40 50

3. Groundwater - 10 When land begins to sink due to an overdraft of water

4. Groundwater – 10 Subsidence

5. Groundwater - 20 When groundwater wells begin to extract salt water due to proximity to ocean

6. Groundwater – 20 Saltwater Intrusion

7. Groundwater - 30 The level where the aquifer begins

8. Groundwater – 30 Water Table

9. Groundwater - 40 The layer of semipermeable rock that is saturated with water underground

10. Groundwater – 40 Aquifer

11. Groundwater - 50 This is the area of land where any water falls, and recharges groundwater. It is determined by the landscape.

12. Groundwater – 50 Watershed

13. Water Pollution - 10 The number 1 item found on beaches in California

14. Water Pollution – 10 Cigarette Buttes

15. Water Pollution - 20 Who wrote the “Tragedy of the Commons?”

16. Water Pollution – 20 Garrett Hardin

17. Water Pollution - 30 What is the number 2 item found on beaches?

18. Water Pollution – 30 Plastic Bags

19. Water Pollution - 40 This is the system that drains the water OUTSIDE OF the home. Catches rainwater

20. Water Pollution – 40 Storm Drain System

21. Water Pollution - 50 When a river is diverted by man and, in some cases, is lined with concrete

22. Water Pollution – 50 Channelization

23. Water Vocab - 10 The water that flows down valleys after a rain

24. Water Vocab – 10 Runoff

25. Water Vocab - 20 When water seeps back into the soil to recharge groundwater

26. Water Vocab – 20 Infiltration

27. Water Vocab - 30 When water turns from a gas to a liquid in the sky to make clouds

28. Water Vocab – 30 Condensation

29. 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

30. Water Vocab – 40 Floodplain

31. Water Vocab - 50 A structure that is used to create electricity by spinning turbines using the flow of water.

32. Water Vocab – 50 Dam

33. Case Studies- 10 On which river was the Hoover Dam (Boulder Dam) built?

34. Case Studies – 10 The Colorado River

35. Case Studies - 20 What is the largest Dam in the world?

36. Case Studies – 20 Three Gorges Dam

37. 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.

38. Case Studies – 30 Aral Sea

39. Question 4 - 40 This is the largest aquifer in the US, but is receding due to overdraft of water

40. Case Studies – 40 Ogallala Aquifer

41. Case Studies - 50 How many aqueducts serve LA County?

42. Case Studies – 50 4

43. Etc. - 10 2 disadvantages to building dams

44. Etc. – 10

45. Etc. - 20 2 advantages of extracting ground water

46. Etc. – 20

47. Etc. - 30 This is the book/documentary about how waterways were shaped in the Western US.

48. Etc.– 30 Cadillac Desert

49. Etc.- 40 2 disadvantages to extracting groundwater

50. Etc. – 40

51. Etc.- 50 2 methods of prevention OR control for extracting groundwater

52. Etc. – 50