6.3 - Water Beneath the Surface

6.3 - Water Beneath the Surface

By O'Connor Nathaniel

​Zone of Aeration - Air pockets

Zone of Saturation - saturated with water​

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Zone of Saturation

Multiple Choice

What is the area where water fills all open spaces in rock?

• Unsaturated zone

• Saturated zone

Multiple Choice

The upper level of the saturation zone is called which of the following?

• Soil moisture

• Not water table

• Water Table

Multiple Choice

Water within the saturated zone.

• surface water

• ground water

Multiple Choice

Is pore spaces are smaller than water moves __________.

• faster

• slower

• same pace

Multiple Choice

what determines how much ground water can be stored?

• Porosity

• Not Porosity

Multiple Choice

ability to transmit water through connected pore channels.

• Permeability

• Porosity

• aeration zone

Multiple Choice

Highly permeable rock layers that allow water to transmit freely

• Surface water

• rivers

• aquifers

• Well

Multiple Choice

What forms when the water table intersects the ground surface?

• Springs form

• deserts form

• mountains form

​Water is heated as igneous rock underneath is cooling.

Would you go swimming in this?

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Hot spring

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​water is heated from underground.

builds up pressure and releases as a projection of steam​

Geysers

​Naturally forms overtime by the forces of Erosion

Cavern

​A form of limestone that forms as the cavern is carved out by ground water

Travertine

​Underlaying Limestone erodes away which causes the soil above to collapse and then form a sink hole.

Sink Hole Formation

​Sink holes are common in these regions due to the underlaying rock layer being easily eroded by water. Limestone is a common bedrock in these areas.

​​Karst regions in US

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Assignments

3/30 - Water Beneath worksheet

3/30 - Chapter 6 completion

Don't get behind. Good luck!