Groundwater Porosity & Permeability

Water flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.

• slower
• faster

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The ___________________ the grain size, the faster the water will move through the soil.

• more mixed
• smaller
• larger

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Sand sediments are usually more permeable than silt sediments because sand grains are...

• larger
• smoother
• rounder
• more soluble

Which diagram represents the soil with the greatest permeability?

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the relationship between soil type/particle size and permiability (as shown by the bar graph below)?

• The larger the particle size, the slower the permeability rate

• The smaller the particle size, the faster the permeability rate

• There is no relationship between particle size and permeability

• The larger the particle size, the faster the permeability rate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Impermeable materials...

• have an abundance of pores.
• let water in.
• have little to no pores.

the measure of the storage space available in an aquifer.

• aquifer
• permeability
• porosity
• divide

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer. 

• porosity
• permeability
• gradient
• divide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rain and snowmelt that infiltrates the ground is called

• backflow

• groundwater

• spongate

• infiltrate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What does this picture illustrate?

• porosity because it has holes, permeability is the flow of water

• permeability because it has holes, porosity is the flow of water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4