Ch 10 Groundwater test 2020

What is the process by which precipitation falls on land and trickles into the ground to become groundwater?

• Infiltration

• Zone of Saturation

• Zone of Aeration

• Water Table

What is the region below Earth's surface in which groundwater completely fills all the pores of a material?

• Infiltration

• Zone of Saturation

• Zone of Aeration

• Water Table

What is the upper boundary of the Zone of Saturation?

• Infiltration

• Zone of Saturation

• Zone of Aeration

• Water Table

What is the region below Earth's surface where materials are moist, but pores contain mostly air?

• Infiltration

• Zone of Saturation

• Zone of Aeration

• Water Table

What is the ability of a material to let water pass through it?

• Permeability

• Porosity

What is the amount of pore space in a material?

• Permeability

• Porosity

What is the underground layer that is permeable and saturated with water?

• Aquifer

• Aquiclude

What is the impermeable underground layers that are barriers to groundwater flow?

• Aquifer

• Aquiclude

What is a natural discharge of groundwater?

• Spring

• Hot Spring

• Geyser

• Well

What is a spring that discharges water much warmer than the average annual temperature?

• Spring

• Hot Spring

• Geyser

• Well