from the ground! where’s the water coming from??

From the ground!

Where’s the water coming

from??

We know that at the surface water is collected through accumulation.

But it doesn’t just stay on the surface!!

So, where does it go?

Place these layers in the correct place on your notes

Impermeable rock

permeable rock

Groundwater

Water tablesurface

SURFACE

PERMEABLE ROCK

GROUNDWATERIMPERMEABLE ROCK

WATER

TABLEsurface

Permeable rock

Water table

Groundwater

Impermeable rock

Click on the layer to learn more!!!

Your notesshould

look likethis

At the Surface

• Water is collected through accumulation.

• There is more water underground than in rivers and lakes. What

happens to water

now?

PERMEABLE ROCK

• Water can easily pass through permeable rock.

• Permeable layers of rock and soil contain pores that are connected to each other.

• Sand and gravel are permeable materials.

• What could be an example of permeable material?

What happens to water

now?

WATER TABLE• Based on this picture,

write what you think the water table is.

• “the top of the saturated zone”

WATER TABLE

Saturated Zone

Unsaturated ZoneWhat happens to water

now?

GROUNDWATER• The saturated zone is

the layer of permeable rock or soil that is totally filled.

• Contains an aquifer, which gives water to a well or a spring

More about

aquifers

CLICKME!!!

GROUNDWATER cont.

• We get our water from groundwater being pumped through a well

• Groundwater can trade places with surface water, becoming rivers and lakes.

IMPERMEABLE ROCK

• Based on what you know about groundwater, write a definition for impermeable rock

“materials that water cannot pass through”

Label the picture with:– Groundwater– Permeable Rock– Surface water

• Draw the precipitation seeping into the ground

• Draw a well (make sure it reaches

the water table)

Run off

recharge

Water table

Discharge area

What are you really drinking??

Answer the questions as the video plays

LET’S CHECK!

•How does water move through underground layers of soil and rock?

•How do people obtain water from an aquifer?

• How does water move through underground layers of soil and rock?

• How do people obtain water from an aquifer?