Aquifer Vocabulary

This aquifer is bounded above and below by impermeable layers of rock.

• unconfined aquifer

• confined aquifer

• well

• aquitard

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is a measure of how well a material absorbs water? There are multiple answers.

• permeability

• occlusion

• porosity

• exclusion

True or false? A confined aquifer is sandwiched between two aquitards.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The top of this aquifer is the water table.

• aquafina

• confined aquifer

• unconfined aquifer

• artesian well

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This forms the top of an unconfined aquifer.

• aqua well

• zone of aeration

• zone of saturation

• water table

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the best definition of aquifer?

• empty space

• a space below the water table

• a measure of how well a material absorbs water

• an underground layer of permeable (that is, water-bearing) rock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The top of this structure is the water table. What is this structure?

• confined aquifer

• unconfined aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What describes an artesian well? There are multiple answers.

• a polluted well

• a well that is drilled into a confined aquifer

• a well that is drilled into an unconfined aquifer

• Because of pressure, water just rises up in this type of well.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

This type of rock is formed from the deposition, or collection, of fragments such as clay, sand, or gravel.

• igneous rock

• sedimentary rock

• metamorphic rock

In this underground structure, all spaces are filled with water.

• zone of saturation

• zone of aeration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4