Week 2: Groundwater Practice

Which of the following IS NOT true about groundwater?

• Groundwater is the largest freshwater source on Earth.

• Groundwater is freshwater beneath Earth’s surface.

• Groundwater is the largest liquid freshwater source for humans.

Which of the following implies the same thing as the word "aquifer"?

• zone of saturation

• zone of aeration

• zone of soil moisture

• water table

The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

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The process by which precipitation that has fallen on land trickles into the ground and becomes groundwater is known as what?

• aeration

• saturation

• infiltration

• porosity

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What would cause the water table to lower?

• High rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Low rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Increasing amounts of infiltration

• A heavy rainstorm with a lot of precipitation

What is infiltration?

• The process by which water sinks into the ground

• The zone where there are still air spaces left between the particles.

• The process by which water vapor turns into liquid water and forms fog or clouds.

• The process by which water does not sink into the ground, but rather travels along the surface.

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What process transforms the water vapor in the atmosphere to the liquid water in a cloud?

• evaporation

• infiltration

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

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What process causes liquid water to evaporate from plant leaves and enter the atmosphere as water vapor?

• evaporation

• infiltration

• precipitation

• transpiration

• condensation

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Which surface would have the most runoff from it after a rainstorm?

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Where is groundwater stored on Earth?

• aquifers

• water table

• wells

• clouds