SCI CHP 15: Part 1 - Groundwater

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What are funnel shaped holes that occur from the ground sinking called?

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Sinkholes

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What best describes the water cycle?

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The continuous process of water movement through evaporation, condensation, and precipitation.

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Where is soil moisture found?

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Above the saturated zone.

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Where is groundwater stored?

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In aquifers.

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True or False: Only a tiny percentage of the world's fresh water comes from underground aquifers.

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False.

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What is an aquifer?

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A geological formation that can store and transmit water.

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What is the saturated zone?

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The area in the ground where all the spaces between soil and rock are filled with water.

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What is the unsaturated zone?

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The area above the saturated zone where soil and rock contain air and water.

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What process involves water vapor turning into liquid water?

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Condensation.

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What is evaporation in the water cycle?

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The process of water turning from liquid to vapor.