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Virtual Day 2/1 - 7.4 Consumption and Groundwater
By Paul Fischer
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This assignment will be taken for a grade and for attendance.
It will be due on 2/8
Here is a link to the slideshow presented in class that you can reference again if needed:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DeTtV1coxQhanYe8Yc5o-0mu6KvRDUbI9oSqqN3oajQ/edit?usp=sharing
This assignment will be taken for a grade and for attendance.
It will be due on 2/8
Here is a link to the slideshow presented in class that you can reference again if needed:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DeTtV1coxQhanYe8Yc5o-0mu6KvRDUbI9oSqqN3oajQ/edit?usp=sharing
Question 1
1.
Cite evidence to convince someone that we should conserve water even though it is a renewable resource.
Question 2
2.
Groundwater represents over ________ times the amount of water in all the lakes and rivers combined.
Question 3
3.
How is ground water replenished?
ice and snow melt
the inflitration of precipitation
condensation
runoff
Question 4
4.
Question 5
5.
Question 6
6.
Question 7
7.
The top line of the saturated zone is called the __________
Question 8
8.
Ground water flow depends on
porosity
slope
Question 9
9.
What is a "Well Drawdown", and how can it be a problem for people who live on well water?
Question 10
10.
Why are
clean energy
and
directly heating a house
good things about geothermal energy?
Porosity is
a body of saturated rock or sediment through which water can move easily
the interconnectedness of pore spaces
the subsurface zone in which all rock openings are filled with water
the measurement of a rock’s ability to hold water
rock/sediment that retards ground water flow due to low porosity and/or permeability
the capacity of a rock to transmit fluid through pores and fractures
the percentage of rock or sediment that consists of voids or openings
Permeability is
the capacity of a rock to transmit fluid through pores and fractures
a body of saturated rock or sediment through which water can move easily
rock/sediment that retards ground water flow due to low porosity and/or permeability
the measurement of a rock’s ability to hold water
the interconnectedness of pore spaces
the subsurface zone in which all rock openings are filled with water
the percentage of rock or sediment that consists of voids or openings
An Aquifer is
the measurement of a rock’s ability to hold water
the percentage of rock or sediment that consists of voids or openings
the subsurface zone in which all rock openings are filled with water
rock/sediment that retards ground water flow due to low porosity and/or permeability
the interconnectedness of pore spaces
a body of saturated rock or sediment through which water can move easily
the capacity of a rock to transmit fluid through pores and fractures
permeability
the type of rocks involved
specific gravity