Ground Water

Where is saturated water located?

• Above the water table
• below the water table
• beside the water table
• within the water table

How wells dry out?

• ground water is removed slowly than it replaced
• ground water get trapped in an aquifer
• ground water is removed more quickly than it is replaced
• ground water becomes contaminated with pollutants

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which measures the water's ability to flow through rock and sediment?

• fluidity
• viscosity
• porosity
• permeability

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which part of the image of rocks will hold more water?

• Right

• Left

• Center

Water flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.

• slower
• faster

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The ___________________ the grain size, the faster the water will move through the soil.

• more mixed
• smaller
• larger

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Sand sediments are usually more permeable than silt sediments because sand grains are...

• larger
• smoother
• rounder
• more soluble

Which diagram represents the soil with the greatest permeability?

• Choice 1
• Choice 2
• Choice 3
• Choice 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the relationship between soil type/particle size and permiability (as shown by the bar graph below)?

• The larger the particle size, the slower the permeability rate

• The smaller the particle size, the faster the permeability rate

• There is no relationship between particle size and permeability

• The larger the particle size, the faster the permeability rate

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Impermeable materials...

• have an abundance of pores.
• let water in.
• have little to no pores.