Groundwater Systems

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

• Runoff
• Infiltration
• Transpiration

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

• Porosity
• Permeability

What is water that seeps into the ground into spaces between bits of rocks and soil?

• Water table
• Spring
• Aquifer
• Groundwater

This type of rock allows water to flow through it and recharge an aquifer

• impermeable
• permeable
• water table
• non-porous

The area where water fills all of the pore space in sediment and rock is called 

• belt of soil moisture
• zone of aeration
• zone of saturation
• water table

The upper limit of the zone of saturation is called 

• belt of soil moisture
• zone of aeration
• zone of saturation
• water table

A permeable layer of sediment or rock that allows water to flow through is called

• aquitard
• aquifer

A hole dug into an aquifer to reach groundwater is called... 

• an aquitard/aquiclude
• a well
• a recharge zone
• a water table

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.

• rill
• gully
• stream channel
• watershed