Part 1_Human Impacts on Groundwater & Surface Water: Understanding the Basics

Increased water pollution

Improved water quality without any management

No change in water levels

Complete elimination of natural water cycles

Because it has a lot of forests

Because it has abundant liquid water

Because it is the largest planet

Because it is closest to the sun

Most freshwater is found in lakes and rivers

Freshwater contains more than 2% salt

Over two-thirds of Earth's freshwater is frozen

Freshwater is not essential for life

A body of water that flows within a channel

A large body of water surrounded by land

A flat area that collects water

A body of water that only forms underground

They may drain into lakes or oceans

They always end in underground caves

They never merge with other streams

They only evaporate

Marshes

Swamps

Bogs

Reservoirs

Antarctica and Greenland

North America and Asia

Europe and Australia

Africa and South America

Glaciers are large, moving masses of ice that form on land.

Glaciers are frozen lakes found only in Antarctica.

Glaciers are small patches of snow on mountaintops.

Glaciers are blocks of ice floating in the ocean.

It contains a mix of air and water in its pores.

It is completely filled with water.

It is always above the water table.

It cannot change with rainfall.

A structure that allows us to access groundwater by drilling into the ground

A device for measuring rainfall

A type of river that flows underground

A machine that creates groundwater