Groundwater Movement

By Kalyn Lane

QU ESTIO NS

A. What is the percentage breakdown for all the Earth’s water ?

B. Porosity vs. Permeability. What is the difference ?

C. What is a runoff and how does it contribute to erosion ?

D. What are 5 main factors to the amount of runoff ?

E. What kind of features does the traveling runoff help to form ? There are 5. Tell me what each are and draw a picture.

F. When would gullies be more likely to form ?

G. What Is Ground water ?

ANSWERS

The percentage breakdown for all of the Earth’s water is ______ .

Porosity is the measure of a rock’s open space. Permeability is the measure of the ease with the fluid

A runoff is water that move over Earth’s surface. It help helps erosion by

Rain, Vegetation , types of soil, shape of land, and land.

Traveling runoffs help form rills, gullies , streams, and tributaries.

A gully is likely to form in a channel called a stream.

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