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Where is most fresh water that is available for human consumption found?
How does water get beneath Earth’s surface after it rains?
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT:
Read each question and write the answer in the space provided.
Water stored in sediments and rocks beneath Earth’s surface is called:
The level where rocks and soil become saturated with water is called:
SEQUENCING INFORMATION:
Read each question and write the answer in the space provided to show the sequence of the process in which groundwater is formed.
Water that will become groundwater falls on the surface of Earth when:
Water first percolates through the _____.
Then, water reaches the _____ beneath.
Eventually, the water reaches the _____, where the rocks and soil are already_____ with water.
RECOGNIZING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES:
Read each question and write the answer in the space provided.
Why is a water table not like a table in your home?
Explain the difference between water tables in wet and desert regions.
RECOGNIZING CAUSE AND EFFECT:
Read each question and write the answer in the space provided.
What movement occurs with groundwater? What caused this movement?
Why might a spring flow out of the ground in a wet region?
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Where is most fresh water that is available for human consumption found?
- In groundwater stored in aquifers beneath Earth’s surface.
How does water get beneath Earth’s surface after it rains?
- Rainwater infiltrates (percolates) through soil and rock, moving down through pores and fractures into underground layers.
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT:
Water stored in sediments and rocks beneath Earth’s surface is called:
- Groundwater (or an aquifer).
The level where rocks and soil become saturated with water is called:
- The water table.
SEQUENCING INFORMATION:
Water that will become groundwater falls on the surface of Earth when:
- Precipitation (rain or snow) falls.
Water first percolates through the _____.
- Soil (the surface layer).
Then, water reaches the _____ beneath.
- The unsaturated zone (zone of aeration) and then the saturated zone/aquifer beneath it.
Eventually, the water reaches the _____, where the rocks and soil are already_____ with water.
- Water table, where the rocks and soil are already saturated with water.
RECOGNIZING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES:
Why is a water table not like a table in your home?
- A water table is an underground level marking where pores are filled with water; it is not a flat, solid piece of furniture and it rises and falls with conditions.
Explain the difference between water tables in wet and desert regions.
- In wet regions the water table is usually high and close to the surface; in desert regions it is typically much deeper because there is less recharge from precipitation.
RECOGNIZING CAUSE AND EFFECT:
What movement occurs with groundwater? What caused this movement?
- Groundwater flows slowly through pore spaces and rock fractures from higher to lower hydraulic head (generally from recharge areas to discharge areas). This movement is caused by gravity and pressure differences and by the permeability of the materials it moves through.
Why might a spring flow out of the ground in a wet region?
- Because the water table may rise to meet the land surface or press against an impermeable layer that forces water out, causing groundwater to emerge as a spring.
- In groundwater stored in aquifers beneath Earth’s surface.
How does water get beneath Earth’s surface after it rains?
- Rainwater infiltrates (percolates) through soil and rock, moving down through pores and fractures into underground layers.
VOCABULARY DEVELOPMENT:
Water stored in sediments and rocks beneath Earth’s surface is called:
- Groundwater (or an aquifer).
The level where rocks and soil become saturated with water is called:
- The water table.
SEQUENCING INFORMATION:
Water that will become groundwater falls on the surface of Earth when:
- Precipitation (rain or snow) falls.
Water first percolates through the _____.
- Soil (the surface layer).
Then, water reaches the _____ beneath.
- The unsaturated zone (zone of aeration) and then the saturated zone/aquifer beneath it.
Eventually, the water reaches the _____, where the rocks and soil are already_____ with water.
- Water table, where the rocks and soil are already saturated with water.
RECOGNIZING SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES:
Why is a water table not like a table in your home?
- A water table is an underground level marking where pores are filled with water; it is not a flat, solid piece of furniture and it rises and falls with conditions.
Explain the difference between water tables in wet and desert regions.
- In wet regions the water table is usually high and close to the surface; in desert regions it is typically much deeper because there is less recharge from precipitation.
RECOGNIZING CAUSE AND EFFECT:
What movement occurs with groundwater? What caused this movement?
- Groundwater flows slowly through pore spaces and rock fractures from higher to lower hydraulic head (generally from recharge areas to discharge areas). This movement is caused by gravity and pressure differences and by the permeability of the materials it moves through.
Why might a spring flow out of the ground in a wet region?
- Because the water table may rise to meet the land surface or press against an impermeable layer that forces water out, causing groundwater to emerge as a spring.
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