14.1 Water Resources

Which of the following is NOT where usable freshwater is found?

• lakes

• rivers

• narrow zone beneath earth's surface

• oceans

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Which of the following is NOT an example of surface water?

• aquifers

• lakes

• rivers

• streams

• wetlands

Area of the land that is drained by a river is known as a/an__.

• watershed

• river system

• surface water

• ground water

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An underground formation that contains groundwater

• aquifer

• permeable

• impermeable

• surface water

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The percentage of the total volume of a rock that has spaces or pores

• impermeable

• permeability

• porosity

• permeable

Materials such as clay or granite that do NOT allow the flow of water are called _

• impermeable

• permeability

• porosity

• percolated

Gravel, sand, limestone and sandstone all allow water to flow through the pores. They are considered __

• impermeable

• percolate

• porosity

• permeable

The level where the rocks and soil are saturated with water as water travels beneath the Earth's surface is the ___

• water surface

• surface water

• water table

• recharge zone

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An area of the earth's surface from which water percolates down into an an aquifer.

• water surface

• surface water

• water table

• recharge zone

Some ground water can be cleaner and safer to drink then some surface water. This is because of water moving through the layers of permeable rock - know as _________, which has sanitizing and filtering properties

• percolation

• porosity

• permeability

• aquifying