Surface and Groundwater

An area of land where the surface water and ground water drain into a particular body of water is called a/an ___________.

• Watershed
• Aquifer
• Water Table 
• Delta

Surface water which has not yet entered into a larger body of water is called a/an ____________.

• Watershed
• Aquifer
• Runoff
• Water table

An underground layer of porous rock or other material that is permeated with water is called a/an ____________.

• Watershed
• Aquifer
• Water table
• Runoff

The top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all open spaces between the sediment is called a/an ___________.

• Watershed
• Aquifer
• Water table
• Runoff

The introduction of a contaminant into the environment is called a/an ___________.

• Runoff
• Aquifer
• Water table
• Pollution

______________ is stored below the Earth's surface is called.

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground
• Surface water

The water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is _____________.

• Groundwater
• Water Table
• Precipitation
• Snow

The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a ____________.

• water table
• trailer
• house
• watershed

When water goes from a liquid at Earth's surface to vapor in the Earth's atmosphere, it is called ___________.

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation
• transpiration

Which diagram represents the soil with the greatest permeability?

• Choice 1
• Choice 2
• Choice 3
• Choice 4