U8 Quiz 1 - Vocabulary

a permeable rock layer than can hold or transport water

• sedimentation
• aquifer
• percolation
• reservoir

a violent, usually destructive, natural occurrence

• catastrophic event

• calamity
• prophecy

• tragedy

process by which weathered and eroded material is deposited by wind, water, or ice

• Deposition
• Condensation
• Erosion
• Evaporation

pattern of ecosystems with combinations of soil and landform that characterize region

• ecoregion

• Habitat
• Territory
• Environment

process by which weathered material is moved by wind, water, or ice

• Deposition
• Weathering
• Condensation
• Erosion

water beneath the Earth's surface

• subsurface water
• underground water
• groundwater
• subterranean water

ability of a material to allow water to pass through

• Impermeability
• Percolation
• Infiltration
• Permeability

the measure of the concentration of hydrogen in a solution (e.g., acid, base)

• OH
• H2O
• NaCl
• pH

surface land area where water enters an aquifer

• water zone
• aquifer zone
• infiltration area
• recharge zone

water that collects above the surface of the ground

• surface water
• below surface water
• underground water
• groundwater