Unit 2 hydrogeology
Hydrogeology like most earth sciences is an interdisciplinary subject.
Hydrogeology is a branch of the earth sciences dealing with the flow of water through aquifers and other shallow porous media.
In other words, (hydro- meaning water, and -geology meaning the study of the Earth) is the area of geology that deals with the distribution and movement of groundwater in the soil and rocks of the Earth's crust, (commonly in aquifers).
Lead-in
Look at the following words in the clouds. The letters are scrambled. Can you guess what the words are? Use all letters.
Write down everything that comes to your mind about hydrogeology. Write only words or quick phrases, but not sentences. You have 3 minutes to do the task.
Terms and Vocabulary
fracture |
трещина |
gradient |
угол наклона, склон |
circuitous |
окольный, обходной |
Reynolds number |
число Рейнольда |
interplay |
взаимодействие |
facet |
сторона |
aquifer |
водоносный слой |
porous media |
пористая среда |
pertinent |
имеющий отношение |
civil engineering |
гражданское строительство |
soil science |
почвоведение |
fluid mechanics |
механика жидкости |
inertia |
инерция |
Laplace equation |
уравнение Лапласа |
simulate |
имитировать |
heat conduction |
теплопроводность |
heat transfer |
теплообмен |
uncoupled processes |
несвязанные процессы |
soil moisture viscous viscosity diffusion steady flow transient flow |
влажность почвогрунта вязкий вязкость ( жидкости, газа ) диффузия установившийся поток; равномерный поток неустановившийся поток |
Pay attention to the pronunciation of the following words.
[i:] media, depletion, deterioration, beneath
[e] porous
[o:] encompass, water
[ə:] surface, circulate, circulation, occur, diverse, circuitous, pertinent, inertia
[æ ] aquifer, evaporation, apply, application, fracture
[ju:] diffusion, nutrient, estuary, solute
[ai] hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrogen, diverse, derive, science
[ei] availability, equation, vapour
[^] occurrence, ultimately, conduction, reductionist
[k] mechanics, viscous, chemistry, occur
Read the following word formations and remember their pronunciation.
apply-application |
nature- natural |
change-interchange-interchangeably |
theory-theoretical |
climate-climatic-climatology |
occur-occurrence |
chemistry-chemical |
structure-structural |
distribute-distribution-distributor-distributive
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hydrology-hydrological- hydrogeologist- non-hydrogeologist |
distinct-distinction |
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