Water Quiz

As permeability increases

• Infiltration decreases and runoff decreases

• Infiltration increases and runoff decreases

• Infiltration decreases and runoff increases

• Infiltration increases and runoff increases

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What type of sediment tends to be the most impermeable?

• sand

• clay

• silt

• rocks

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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

The amount of space between sediment is called ...

• permeability

• porosity

• evaporation

• condensation

If particle size decreases, permeability

• decreases

• increases

• remains the same

• will sometime decrease and other times increase

Which should have the greatest capillarity based on sediment size?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which container has the lowest porosity?

• A
• B
• C
• A and B

Porosity refers to...

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Well sorted soil...

• has low porosity
• has low pore space
• has high porosity
• means water will move through slowly