Surface water and groundwater

Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground

What is a hole dug below the water table that water seeps into?

• Well
• Spring
• Aquifer
• Reservoir

What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

What is the top of the water-filled spaces in the ground called?

• Groundwater
• Reservoir
• Water Table
• Well

What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?

• runoff
• recharge
• watershed
• valley

What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?

• runoff
• discharge
• recharge
• tributary

An aquifer is a(n)

• well in which water rises because of pressure
• underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
• type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
• place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock

A well in which groundwater rises because of pressure is called a(n)

• spring well
• geyser well
• artesian well
• cry well

Which types of aquifers are in the most danger of becoming contaminated by pollutants?

• aquifers confined by a permeable layer
• unconfined aquifers

What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?

• Groundwater
• Water Table
• Precipitation
• Snow