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Groundwater

Authored by Steven Freilich

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a man-made hole drilled below water table?

natural spring
lake
wetlands
well

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

glacier
well
aquifer
natural spring

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

The top of an aquifer is known as:

the water table.

an artesian well.

the hydraulic gradient.

a geyser.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

3 mins • 1 pt

A place where the water table intersects the ground surface and where a natural flow of groundwater results is called:

a spring.

a geyser.

an aquatard.

a fissure.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

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Which soil would have the greatest permeability rate after a rainstorm?

sand (0.02 cm)

silt (0.002 cm)

clay (0.0002 cm)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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