Unit 4 Lesson 5

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What is groundwater?

Back

Water found underground in soil, sand, and rock.

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What does the quantity of groundwater that can be stored depend upon?

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It depends upon the porosity of the underground rock.

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What is a body of permeable rock, sand, and soil which can contain or store groundwater called?

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An aquifer.

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What is the largest use for groundwater?

Back

Irrigating crops.

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When water can move through a substance, it is considered:

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Permeable.

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What is porosity?

Back

The measure of how much empty space is in a material, which affects how much groundwater can be stored.

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What is an aquifer?

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A geological formation that can store and transmit groundwater.

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What is impermeable rock?

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Rock that does not allow water to pass through it.

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What is the water table?

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The upper surface of the zone of saturation where groundwater is found.

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What is the process of water moving from the ground to the atmosphere called?

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Evaporation.