| A | B |
|---|
| aquifer | permeable layers of rock/sediment storing and holding groundwater for wells |
| artesian formation | permeable water holding rock layer sandwiched in impermeable rocks |
| capillary action | interaction between water and soil allowing it to rise between particles |
| capillary fringe | area where water rises due to attraction to soil particles |
| cavern | water dissolved/eroded spaces in limestone bedrock |
| deficit | water needed for moisture is much greater than rainfall and soil water is gone |
| geyser | hot spring that interrmittently shoots hot water/steam into air |
| groundwater | precipitation that enters the ground and is held and stored |
| karst topography | regions characerized by sinkholes underground caverns/rivers |
| mineral deposit | dissolved minerals left in soil when water cools or evaporates |
| ordinary well | well dug into soil to reach water in the water table |
| permeability | rate at which water can pass through pore spaces of a material |
| porosity | percent of a material's volume composed of space |
| recharge | period in which soil fills with ground water |
| spring | water flows on a hillside where water table meets surface |
| surplus | rainfall greater than water needed for moisture and soil water storage is filled |
| usage | water needed for moisture is greater than rainfall and soil water is depleted |
| water budget | income and spending of water for a region |
| water table | upper surface of the zone of saturation |
| zone of saturation | portion of ground where all pore spaces are filled with water |
