Objectives
This section will help you to:
- explain the water cycle and the basic concepts associated with your water supply;
- describe basic surface water and groundwater processes;
- define a wetland and indicate the environmental significance of wetlands;
- explain how groundwater functions and how groundwater can be polluted or misused;
- identify the origins of treated water in Indianapolis and surrounding areas and the processes used to treat that water;
- describe the future of water resources on a local (Indiana), national (USA) and global (Earth) scale;
- identify the primary components of the atmosphere (composition, layers, and air masses) and how the atmosphere functions;
- describe how glaciers form and describe glaciers as a system;
- recognize and identify the common terms to describe glaciers and their deposits;
- summarize how glaciation affected Indiana's landscape and soils;
- relate the concepts from the Rocks and Minerals and Soils to other Earth Systems, and
- apply the concept of Earth as a System: Environmental Unity.
If you would like a guide to help you to achieve these learning objectives for this module, please click here for an “Objective Guide.”