The+Water+Table

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=First what you need to know about is the water table.= In this section we're going to talk about what the water table is, how it works, and how it rises and falls.

So here's what you need to know about the areas underground and how the water table works.

 * == There are the saturated zones, the zones of aeration, the water table, bed rock, and the aquifers. ==
 * **The saturated zone is where water fills any open spaces. It is the part that has the ground water.**
 * **The zone of aeration or the unsaturated zone is above the water table and is filled mostly with air and some water.**
 * **The water table separates the groundwater zone that lies below it from the zone of aeration that lies above it.**
 * **The bed rock is the layer of rock that blocks any water from coming through.**
 * **The aquifers are large areas of water that's trapped in pockets between permeable rock (meaning that water can't really pass through the rock).**

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This is a diagram of the the saturated zone, unsaturated zone, water table, and aquifer.

Ok, so now onto 'What is capillary action?' this next video will explain what capillary action is and there is another video underneath that shows an example of how capillary works. media type="custom" key="9613130" width="99" height="99" align="left"

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 * Now, theres something else we have to explain. *drum roll* what makes up the form of water! :D so in this part, you will learn about what makes up a water molecule and how they attract together to form water blobs. :]**

In a water molecule, there are two parts that make up water. One part is oxygen and the other part is hydrogen. Each part has a charge. Hydrogen has a positive charge and oxygen has a negative charge. The image on the left is what one water molecule looks like. (kinda looks like Deadmau5, huh) And the image on the right shows how water molecules attract together. (See, the hydrogen, H, molecules are attracted to the oxygen, O, molecules of the other water molecules.) So there is one oxygen atom, and two hydrogen atoms. And only opposites attract to each other. But when two of the same charges come together, they repel from each other like magnets when you try to put them together. Water molecules like to stick together which is called cohesion. When lots of water molecules start sticking together, they form a glob of water. Water uses adhesion to stick to other object's molecules, so that's why when it rains (water magically falling from those white fluffy things) theres water droplets that stick to the window.

=Water table glossary.=


 * **Adhesion** is when something sticks together with something else.




 * **Aquifers** are the large areas of water in the soil or rock.


 * **Capillary Action** is when water goes up to from below the ground


 * **Cohesion** is the attraction between molecules of the same kind.


 * **Gravity** is an invisible force that pulls things to the earth (that's how you stay on ground instead of floating off into space)


 * **Molecules** are very small particles of something


 * **Percolation** is water slowly moving through soil (dirt).


 * **Repel** is to thrust back or away.


 * **Saturated zone** is the area below the water table where water fills any open spaces.


 * **Water Table** is the line that divides the unsaturated zone (zone of aeration) and the saturated zone (aquifer).

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**References** LeDrew, Barry. (2006). //B.C. Science Probe 8.// Toronto: Thomson Nelson. **Video links here:** Celery experiment - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mn_AoDm3wE&feature=player_embedded

The little animation about Capillary action -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYbUlro0QaA&feature=player_embedded

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