Test: Groundwater, Karst, Wetlands

Which surface would have the most runoff from it after a rainstorm?

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A place where the water table intersects the ground surface and where a natural flow of groundwater results is called:

• a spring.

• a geyser.

• an aquatard.

• a fissure.

What is the best definition of a water table?

• The level to which a river rises when it floods

• The boundary between the land and the ocean

• The top of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer

Groundwater is thus a form of _________that _______________ streams during periods when rain does not fall.

• storage, sustains

• precipitation, dehydrates

• saltwater, dries up

• mineral, lithifies

Which of the following implies the same thing as the word "aquifer"?

• zone of saturation

• zone of aeration

• zone of soil moisture

• zone of twilight

The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

Water that is found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock is called:

• Groundwater

• River

• Surface water

• Snow

Look at the diagram of the water cycle. When heat from the sun turns water into water vapor this is called:

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

When water cools and again becomes liquid water; this is how clouds are formed. This is called:

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

Rain, snow, sleet, hail are all types of:

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Runoff