Water Cycle and Groundwater

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Water below Earth's surface and the spaces between rocks and soil

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Groundwater

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Underground geologic formation able to store and yield water.

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Aquifer

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When water flows from land's surface to the subsurface

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Infiltration

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The top of an aquifer is known as:

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the water table.

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What implies the same thing as the word "aquifer"? Options: Saturated zone, zone of aeration, zone of soil moisture, zone of twilight.

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Saturated zone

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What is a watershed?

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Entire land area that drains to a given stream, lake, or wetland.

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Water stored in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:

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Groundwater

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A ___________________ is the area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of water; separated from other watersheds by drainage divides

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watershed

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This is the top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all open spaces between the rock...

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Water Table

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Porosity refers to...

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% of pore space in a material