Groundwater

Water Pollution

Vocab Words

Case Studies Etc.

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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 4 - 40

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

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Etc. - 10

2 disadvantages to building dams

Etc. – 10

Etc. - 20

2 advantages of extracting ground water

Etc. – 20

Etc. - 30

This is the book/documentary about

how waterways were shaped in the Western US.

Etc.– 30

Cadillac Desert

Etc.- 40

2 disadvantages to extracting groundwater

Etc. – 40

Etc.- 50

2 methods of prevention OR control for extracting

groundwater

Etc. – 50