Groundwater Review

What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called?

• Well

• Spring

• Pool

• Aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In the diagram, letter A best represents:

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Water Table

• Confining Layer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

If there are 50 homes that each have wells to provide them with water, how do you think the water table directly underneath the homes might be affected?

• The water table will become lower.

• The water table will become higher.

• The water table will not be affected.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the layer where pore spaces are filled with air and not water?

• Zone of Saturation

• Zone of Aeration

• Confined Aquifer

• Unconfined Aquifer

In the diagram, letter D best represents:

• Unconfined Aquifer

• Confining Layer

• Confined Aquifer

• Recharge Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Why is ground water pollution a significant issue?

• Many people use the water as a source of drinking water.

• Aquifers cover a large area underground. Since water flows throughout the layer, pollution can spread over very large areas.

• Many people use the water as a source of irrigation for farming.

• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

In the diagram, letter B best represents:

• Unconfined Aquifer

• Confining Layer

• Confined Aquifer

• Recharge Zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When it rains, water infiltrates through the ground. What type of aquifer will this recharge?

• An unconfined aquifer: it is not surrounded by impermeable material

• An unconfined aquifer: it is surrounded by impermeable material

• A confined aquifer: it is surrounded by impermeable material

• Both an unconfined and a confined aquifer: both aquifers are collections of water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How does groundwater occur?

• It doesn't occur

• Rain seeps into the ground until it is completely saturated

• it just happens at random

• When water runs off the surface due to maximum saturation

If water can easily move between cracks of a rock, we can say that...

• water is permeable

• rock is permeable

• rock is impermeable

• water is impermeable