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- Much of the rainwater returns to the atmosphere after a storm in 2 ways. Name them.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Water soaking into the ground is termed?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What does infiltrated water do for the groundwater?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What is the term for the contact between the unsaturated and saturated zone?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Clicking on saturated zone, define an aquifer.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Why do some streams almost never run dry?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Streams discussed in question #6 are termed?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Water that does not infiltrate is termed?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What 2 factors cause flooding?
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- Average rainfall for Albuquerque, NM ________________________________________?
New York City ________________________________________? - What else minimizes the amount of available water in Albuquerque?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What type of sediments make up Albuquerque’s aquifer?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What forms during pumping?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Is recharge greater or less than it was before in Albuquerque?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What problem does Albuquerque face in the next few years with water supply?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What is a spring?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Define a cave.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What is the common rock making caves?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Which chemical reaction forms caves?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What is a sinkhole?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Looking at location map of sinkholes and caves, what type of rocks are most common in red areas?
____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What environment were the rocks that make up sinkholes and caves deposited?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - Define karst.
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What’s a speleothem?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What’s a stalactite?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What’s a stalagmite?
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____________________________________________________________________________________________________ - What’s a soda straw?
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