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Ground Water

Ground Water. By: Nick, Maya, and Jose. What is Groundwater?. Groundwater comes from the ground. Half of everyone in the United States drinks groundwater everyday and don’t even know it! Groundwater is even used to farm crops for tonight’s dinner!. Where does groundwater come from?.

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Ground Water

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  1. Ground Water By: Nick, Maya, and Jose

  2. What is Groundwater? • Groundwater comes from the ground. • Half of everyone in the United States drinks groundwater everyday and don’t even know it! • Groundwater is even used to farm crops for tonight’s dinner!

  3. Where does groundwater come from? • Groundwater comes from rain, snow sleet, and even hail that soaks into the ground • The water moves down into the ground because of gravity, passing between particles of soil, sand, gravel, or rock until it reaches a depth where the ground is filled, or saturated, with water.

  4. About Groundwater! • Groundwater is stored in the ground in materials like gravel or sand. It's kind of like the earth is a big sponge holding all that water. Water can also move through rock formations like sandstone or through cracks in rocks. • An area that holds a lot of water, which can be pumped up with a well, is called an aquifer. Wells pump groundwater from the aquifer and then pipes deliver the water to cities, houses in the country, or to crops.

  5. How does groundwater effect weathering and erosion? • Severe erosion and land sliding typically occur during short after periods of heavy rain fall. • Groundwater can cause erosion through a process of chemical weathering. • Chemical weathering is the process by which rocks are decomposed, dissolved, or loosened by chemical processes to form residual materials.

  6. Questions for the class! • Where does groundwater come from? • What typically occurs after short periods of heavy rainfall? • Do people around the world use groundwater daily?

  7. Reference Slide + Video Animation • Google.com • Library.thinkquest.com • Groundwater.org

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