Groundwater

__//**Groundwater & The Water Cycle: **//__ //**Write out the questions below and answer in full and complete sentences into**// //**your notebook. View all of the websites provided before you develop your answer.**// //**Please, restate**// //**the question in your answer.**//

__//**1) What is ground water and where does it come from? **//__ http://dnr.wi.gov/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/groundwater/gwater.htm http://earthguide.ucsd.edu/earthguide/diagrams/groundwater/index.html http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html http://www.classzone.com/books/earth_science/terc/content/visualizations/es1405/es1405page01.cfm

__//**2) How does water enter the ground? **//__ http://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/basics/groundwater.html https://eo.ucar.edu/kids/wwe/ground2.htm https://www.as.uky.edu/sites/default/files/elearning/module01swf.swf http://www.epa.gov/ogwdw/kids/flash/flash_watercycle.html http://oceanservice.noaa.gov/education/pd/oceans_weather_climate/media/watercycle.swf

__//**3) What is infiltration and how does it work within the water cycle? **//__ http://water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleinfiltration.html http://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/basics/groundwater.html



__//**4) Why is ground water important to humans? **//__ http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclefreshstorage.html https://www3.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_wordscramble.html

__//**5) How can we conserve water? What does conservation mean? **//__ http://www.groundwater.org/action/home/conserve.html http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/edu/learning/7_water_cycle/activities/groundwater.html

__//**6) How does ground water get contaminated (polluted)? **//__ http://www.groundwater.org/get-informed/groundwater/contamination.html

__//**7) What do we need to do to clean water so that humans can safely **//__ __//**use it? **//__ http://www.h2ouniversity.org/html/6-12_sci_water_treatment.html https://www3.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_filtration.html

__//**8) How does an aquifer work? **//__ http://www.epa.gov/safewater/kids/flash/flash_aquifer.html

__//**9) Where is the watershed in Monroe County? How does it work? **//__ http://cfpub.epa.gov/surf/county.cfm?fips_code=26115 http://riverraisin.org/About.aspx http://www.mcconservation.org/?contentID=43 http://www.h2ouniversity.org/html/library_hydrologic_cycle.html#

__//**10) What are the ways in which ground water eventually makes it **//__ __//**back into the ocean? **//__ http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycleoceans.html http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/overview.html http://water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html

__//**11) How does the Ocean affect climate on Earth? Why is the ocean so **//__ __//**important to life on Earth? **//__ http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/oceanography/ocean-earth-system/ocean-water-cycle/ http://www.windows2universe.org/earth/Water/overview.html http://oceanmotion.org/html/background/climate.htm http://climate.nasa.gov/kids/bigQuestions/oceanHappening/ http://www.livescience.com/19662-animation-reveals-ocean-currents.html



//** Resources: **// http://gallery.ensight.com/Categories/Marine-engineering/i-5dkcPbb

http://study.com/academy/lesson/ocean-circulation-patterns-effect-on-climate.html

http://www.teachers.ash.org.au/jmresources/water/ground.htm