Module 03: Fresh Water 3.01- 3.04

What are hot springs?

A continual flow of hot water that has heated because of extremely hot volcanic rock

what is an ocean?

A large body of salt water

What is an aquifer?

An aquifer is a large underground reservoir of water

what are different names of watersheds?

Bogs, marshes, lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams are examples of wetlands.

what should do if someone in your sudenly gets sick?

If your water changes in smell, color, or taste, it may also signify a problem. water quality can be expensive. Some specialized tests cost hundreds of dollars.

What is karst topography?

Karst topography refers to all the changes to land formations that result from the actions of groundwater.

What is groundwater?

Most precipitation in the atmosphere eventually falls to the ground. Some of the water is recycled again into the atmosphere through evaporation. Water can also move over Earth's surface until it ends up in rivers, lakes, oceans, and glaciers. Finally, water can penetrate the ground through infiltration to become groundwater.

Nonpoint source pollutants

Nonpoint source pollutants come from a variety of sources at once. Nonpoint source pollutants are more difficult to identify and control.

what is a sea?

Part of an ocean nearly surrounded by land

Point source pollutants

Point source pollutants come from a known location, such as a factory or a garbage dump.

what are the five main uses of water?

Public Supply, Rural Domestic and Livestock, Rural Domestic and Livestock, Irrigation, Thermoelectric Power, and Other Industry.

How are stalactites formed?

Stalactites form as groundwater drips from the ceiling of an underground cave, leaving behind minerals dissolved in the groundwater.

What are stalagmites?

Stalagmites form as dripping groundwater from the ceiling of an underground cave lands on the cave's floor, depositing minerals. You can trip on them

What are watersheds?

The land area that supplies water to a river system.

what is a water table?

The top of the aquifer where water is found is called the water table. A water table's level may rise and fall depending on how much precipitation falls.

How are sinkholes formed?

Underground caves are carved out of bedrock when gypsum (a mineral in the rock) is dissolved by water. When the roof of an underground cave collapses, a sinkhole is formed.

What is water conservation?

Water conservation consists of the efforts of individuals, communities, industries, and governments to protect and conserve water resources. Conserving water means protecting the quality and quantity of water available for use.

What are wetlands?

Wetlands are areas where fresh or salt water creates permanently soggy or flooded land conditions. Marshes, bogs, and swamps are examples of wetland environments.

Why are wetlands important?

Wetlands provide drinking water, transportation routes, prevention of floods, food, filtering of pollutants, homes to wildlife, and recreational locations for humans to enjoy

How do geysers form?

When groundwater comes into contact with hot rock or magma below the Earth's surface. The hot rock heats up the water which shoots up through a break in the Earth's surface.

is there more salt water than fresh water?

Yes. 97% of earth's water is salt water.

what is another name for watersheds

a drainage basin

What is a lake?

a large body of water surrounded by land

What is a river?

a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.

what is a pond?

a small body of still water formed naturally

what is a stream?

a small, narrow river.

What is hydroelectric power?

electricity produced by flowing water

What are glaciers?

huge, slow moving sheets of ice

without water...

life wouldn't exist