Groundwater

What is the name of the area of groundwater where it is saturated?

• Zone of Saturation
• Zone of Aeration
• Water Table

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

The amount of space between soil is:

• Porosity
• Permeability

The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is:

• Porosity
• Permeability

A substance has a low permeability when:

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

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

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

What are sources of water pollution?

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

Which well(s) end(s) in a saturated zone?

• 1 and 2
• 1 only
• 4 and 5
• 1,3 and 5