.3 Geo Unit 9 Review

Which of the following statements is false?

• Aquifers are always a single rock layer.

• Permeability affects flow through an aquifer

• Groundwater can be stored in an aquifer.

• Well-sorted sediment holds the most water.

The amount of surface water that seeps into the pores between rock particles is influenced by which of the following factors?

• rock type, land slope, and climate

• rock type, land slope, and sea level

• rock type, land slope, and capillary fringe

• rock type, land slope, and recharging

What quality distinguishes an ordinary well from a flowing artesian well?

• Water is pressurized in an ordinary well

• Water must be pumped from an ordinary well

• Water flows freely from an ordinary well.

• Water comes from rainfall in an ordinary well

Any body of rock or sediment in which water can flow and be stored is called a(n)

• artesian formation.

• sinkhole.

• well.

• aquifer.

The percentage of open space in a given volume of rock is the rock’s

• viscosity.

• porosity.

• permeability.

• capillary fringe.

The ease with which water can pass through a rock or sediment is called

• porosity

• permeability.

• carbonation.

• velocity.

The slope of a water table is called the

• porosity

• permeability.

• aquifer.

• gradient.

A natural flow of groundwater that has reached the surface is a(n)

• travertine.

• well.

• aquifer.

• spring.

Pumping water from a well causes a local lowering of the water table known as a

• sinkhole.

• hot spring.

• horizontal fissure.

• cone of depression.

Calcite formations that hang from the ceiling of a cavern are called

• sinks.

• stalagmites.

• stalactites.

• sinkholes