Edible Aquifer: Lab Review

The top-most layer of groundwater is called the...

• lake
• water table
• aquifer
• permeability

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

_______________ is the ability of a substance to allow another substance to pass through it, especially the ability of a porous rock, sediment, or soil to transmit fluid through pores and cracks.

• Permeability

• Runoff

• Pores

• Porosity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• Reservoir
• Aquifer
• Groundwater
• Watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

How much of Earth's water is FRESH water?

• 75%

• 3%

• 97%

• 66%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Runoff
• Infiltration
• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A substance has a low permeability when:

• Water can flow through easily

• Water can't flow through easily

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

• Zone of Saturation
• Zone of Aeration
• Water Table

Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called:

• evaporation
• transpiration
• infiltration
• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the area where water enters the aquifer called?

• Replacement zone
• Aquatard
• Recharge Zone
• No fly zone