Water Test Review

Some of the water that precipitates does not runoff into the rivers and is absorbed by the plants or gets evaporated. It moves deep into the soil. What is this process called?

• Sublimation
• Transpiration
• Runoff
• Infiltration

an area underground with water filled pores

• zone of saturation

• recharge zone

• zone of aeration

an area underground with air filled pores

• zone of saturation

• recharge zone

• zone of aeration

underground rock layers that store and allow the flow of water

• permeability

• aquifer

• porosity

rocks ability to let water pass through it

• permeability

• aquifer

• porosity

amount of open space between rock particles

• permeability

• aquifer

• porosity

A major cause of floods is

• light rain over a large area.
• increased capacity of stream channels.
• empty space in the zone of saturation.
• no space in the zone of saturation

An ocean current flowing from the equator to the north pole is most likely a

• warm current
• cold current

The Global Conveyor Belt (deep water currents) are powered by which of the following?

• wind
• density
• heating
• precipitation

The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.