Groundwater Review

Number 1 Represents

• Water table

• Zone of Aeration

• Zone of Saturation

• Soil Moisture

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Number 3 represents

• Soil Moisture

• Zone of Saturation

• Water Table

• Zone of Aeration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Name the material that is the most permeable:

• Clay

• Sandstone

• Shale

• Silt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Carbonic Acid forms when carbon dioxide . . .

• dissolves in groundwater

• dissolves in acid precipitation

• dissolves in limestone

• mixes with hydrogen ions

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS1-5

Soda Straws, chandeliers, flowstones and cave bacon are types of . . .

• calcites

• stalactites

• stalagmites

• dripstone columns

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

To produce good drinkable water, a well must be drilled or dug deep into a . . .

• aquiclude

• layer of bedrock

• layer of impermeable material

• confined aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Based on the figure above, if the well in this area were overpumped, which is the most likely outcome?

• pollution of the aquifer with chemicals

• a sinkhole will occure in the mountains

• intrusion of salt water into the well

• intrusion of groundwater into the ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The process by which precipitation that has fallen on land trickles into the ground and becomes groundwater is known as . . .

• porosity

• percolation

• infiltration

• permeability

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The downward movement of water from the land surface into soil or porous rock is . . .

• porosity

• percolation

• infiltration

• permability

A natural underground opening with a connection to Earth’s surface is . . .

• the water table

• a cave

• a spring

• a disppearing stream