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12 Cards in this Set
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Deficit |
the amount by which expenditures orliabilities exceed income or assets. |
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Usage |
The amount of water used in a given region |
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Groundwater |
Water found underneath the Earth's surface |
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Porosity |
How well an item is able to hold water |
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Permeability |
How well water can move throughout an object |
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Water table |
The water below the Earth's surface and how much is held ther |
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Capillary action |
An action of water moving |
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Ordinary well |
A well dug into the water tabel |
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Spring |
A hill where water shoots out |
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Aquifer |
A layer of rock that holds water |
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Artesian formation |
Layers of permiable and inpermiable rock |
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Geysers |
A place where water boils and shoots up as a column of water and steam |
