Unit 5 Water

Most of the Earth's water is

• saltwater

• freshwater

• glaciers

• lakes and rivers

Water that fills in cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called

• aquifers

• groundwater

• saturated

• lakes

Areas that have a high porosity also have a high

• salinity

• permeability

• rate of evaporation

• density

The total amount of open space where groundwater exists is known as

• groundwater

• aquifer

• density

• porosity

The term that refers to how easily water can flow through rock is known as

• permeability

• porosity

• aquifers

• groundwater

Full; holding all that it can refers to

• saturated

• water table

• density

• permeability

underground layers that are saturated with water that can be pumped to the surface is

• groundwater

• karst terrain

• an aquifer

• porosity

The largest aquifer in the USA that is being pumped faster than it can be replenished is

• the Ogallala Aquifer

• the Southern Hills Aquifer

• a saturated aquifer

• none of the above

the process by which molecules of a liquid change to gas

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

• evaporation

water given off through the leaves of plants

• precipitation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation