Water Cycle & Groundwater

What percentage of Earth's surface is covered with water?

• 71%

• 30%

• 97%

• 50%

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

What is the process during which water cools and turns from a gas to a liquid?

• Codensation
• Runoff
• Precipitation
• Evaporation

What is the water cycle?

• the 3 forms of water
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• when water melts
• when clouds form

What is it called when plants release water vapor through their leaves?

• sublimation

• respiration

• transpiration

• precipitation

What is the amount of space in between soil particles?

• aquifer

• permeability

• porosity

• divide

What is the ability for materials to allow fluids to pass?

• porosity

• permeability

• gradient

• divide

Water flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.

• slower
• faster

area where the zone of aeration and zone of saturation meet

• water cycle

• recharge zone

• water table

an area where groundwater fills up all pores in the soil

• zone of saturation

• recharge zone

• zone of aeration