HW#4 Groundwater

The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

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What is the most common method for removing groundwater?

• a well bored into the zone of saturation

• accessing the water table by use of low-grade explosives

• building a water tower

• damming up a river

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Which of the following depicts an artesian well?

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What is the best definition of a water table?

• The level to which a river rises when it floods

• The boundary between the land and the ocean

• The top of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The bottom of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer

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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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The water is able to flow through the pore spaces, what type of rock is it?

• permeable

• impermeable

• aquifer

• geyser

If water is not able to flow through the rock, the rock is?

• permeable

• impermeable

• geyser

• aquifer

What is a geyser?

• A hot spring that erupts, shooting hot steam in the air.

• A cold spring that creates a fountain

• a type of spring

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In the diagram, the area labeled A is called the __________.

• zone of infiltration

• recharge zone

• zone of saturation

• zone of permeability

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