The Water Cycle, Groundwater & Aquifers

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Toxic runoff can pollute a stream and also

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pollute groundwater.

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Which human activity directly affects the quality of freshwater resources? Options: depleting the ozone layer, burning gasoline in car engines, throwing trash out of car windows, allowing runoff from agricultural fields

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allowing runoff from agricultural fields

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What is most responsible for the presence of groundwater in an area? Options: movement of water from an aquifer into surface water, the movement of surface water and precipitation through the soil and rock, the movement of water from streams and rivers to watersheds, the movement of surface water through impermeable rock

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the movement of surface water and precipitation through the soil and rock

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A community decides to upgrade its water purification and management systems. What lasting impact could this have on available freshwater?

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It could cause an increase in the freshwater supply.

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A rural, forested area receives a lot of rain in a short amount of time. What would most likely cause potential flooding in the area?

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if the ground of the area is already saturated with water

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Which of the following make up part of Earth's groundwater? wetlands, rivers, aquifers, lakes

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aquifers

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What is the relationship between groundwater and surface water?

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Surface water percolates (moves) through the soil to form groundwater.

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How do people get water out of an aquifer?

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They dig a well to bring the water to the surface.

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A drainage basin or river basin is

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the land area that contributes water to a river

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Describe the aquifer that allows for good groundwater flow with many open spaces between the rocks or sediments that are connected to each other using the terms: permeable and non porous, permeable and porous, impermeable and non porous, impermeable and porous.

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permeable and porous