Chapter 7 Aquifers and Springs

The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation:

• Zone of Saturation
• Zone of Aeration
• Water Table

Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground

When water soaks the ground it becomes groundwater through what process?

• Runoff
• Infiltration
• Transpiration

A substance has a low permeability when:

• Water can flow through easily
• Water CAN'T Flow through easily

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 a place where groundwater seeps out of the ground called?

• Well
• Reservoir
• Aquifer
• Spring

What are sources of water pollution?

• Precipitation as Acid rain
• Runoff water & Groundwater
• Industry & Household waste
• All of these

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