https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a Aquatic Science 1st Period en-us 2021-01-11 18:21:58 UTC 2024-12-09 06:23:28 UTC hello@padlet.com Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075534414 An aquifer is an underground layer where the material contains water. ]]> 2021-01-11 18:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075534414 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075543260 Water from an aquifer in Texas is used for irrigation, municipal use, manufacturing, and livestock production. 

]]> 2021-01-11 18:26:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075543260 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075567324 Groundwater is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock.]]> 2021-01-11 18:30:59 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075567324 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075582798 Most aquifers are naturally recharged by rainfall or other surface water that infiltrates into the ground. Recharge may also occur artificially through injection wells or by spreading water over groundwater reservoirs.]]> 2021-01-11 18:33:40 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075582798 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075626202 A karst aquifer is an aquifer that occurs within limestone geology, where the limestone has been partially dissolved so that some fractures are enlarged into passages that carry the groundwater flow.]]> 2021-01-11 18:41:31 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075626202 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075652381 The type of organisms that can live in karst aquifers are bats, salamanders, cavefish, cave crayfish, cave spiders, cave crickets, and other invertebrates such as cave pill bugs, and tiny snails.]]> 2021-01-11 18:46:03 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075652381 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075668588 A confined aquifer is an aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water and an unconfined aquifer is an aquifer whose water table is at atmospheric pressure, therefore being able to rise and fall.]]> 2021-01-11 18:48:54 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075668588 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075693271 Playa lakes are Texas recharge points for the Ogallala Aquifer. They play a critical role in providing a plentiful amount of clean water for the entire region.]]> 2021-01-11 18:53:20 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075693271 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075709281 The kind of aquatic ecosystems that exist in groundwater are springs, wetlands, and rivers. ]]> 2021-01-11 18:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075709281 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075719405 Adaptations that enable aquatic life to exist underground are they don't need light to see, their bodies require low oxygen consumption, and they have special chemo receptors and touch receptors. ]]> 2021-01-11 18:58:01 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075719405 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075720188  A spring is the result of an aquifer being filled to the point that the water overflows onto the land surface.]]> 2021-01-11 18:58:10 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075720188 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075720927 Springs have influenced Texas history by being an example of the decreasing quality of modern life. Springs were vital to the survival of Texas earliest inhabitants, over 30,000 years ago.]]> 2021-01-11 18:58:18 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075720927 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075736138 Faults are a fracture or zone of fractures between two blocks of rock.]]> 2021-01-11 19:01:09 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075736138 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075737004 If the aquifer is shallow enough and permeable enough to allow water to move through it at a rapid enough rate, then people can drill wells into it and withdraw water. Withdrawal of groundwater occurs for drinking, irrigation, and other human uses.]]> 2021-01-11 19:01:17 UTC https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075737004 Leslie0812 https://padlet.com/Leslie0812/cex6554voyj4r99a/wish/1075737780 We can help conserve groundwater by:

• Shutting off the water when brushing your teeth and don't let it run while waiting for it to get cold
• Taking five-minute showers
• Reducing the amount of stuff you use and reuse what you can. Recycle paper, plastic, cardboard, glass, aluminum, and other materials.

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