Aquifers

The top-most layer of groundwater is called the...

• lake
• water table
• aquifer
• permeability

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An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• Reservoir
• Aquifer
• Groundwater
• Watershed

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How much of Earth's water is FRESH water?

• 75%

• 3%

• 97%

• 66%

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Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called:

• evaporation
• transpiration
• infiltration
• precipitation

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Porosity refers to...

• the shape of the particles
• The sorting of the particles
• % of pore space in a material
• % of cement in a material

Impermeable materials...

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

What is a measure of how well a material absorbs water? There are multiple answers.

• permeability

• occlusion

• porosity

• exclusion

This aquifer is bounded above and below by impermeable layers of rock.

• unconfined aquifer

• confined aquifer

• well

• aquitard

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___________________ washes agricultural wastes, including animal wastes, fertilizers, and pesticides, into bodies of water, causing algae to grow.

• Runoff
• Peak flow
• Groundwater
• Municipal sewage

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Toxic runoff can pollute a stream and also

• produce acid rain. 
• cause soil erosion.
• create algae blooms.
• pollute groundwater.

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