Surface and Ground Water

Which of the following is a natural underground basin for storing ground water?

• Aquifer

• Artesian basin

• Sedimentary basin

• Well

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

2) Which of the following is a true statement?

• Groundwater is water in a lake.

• The contaminants in groundwater are very easy to clean up.

• Drilling wells are how groundwater is extracted.

• New Orleans is only two hundred feet above sea level.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following can occur when too much groundwater is pumped out of underground aquifers?

• Drought

• Flooding

• Subsidence

• Erosion

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following tells what percent of the world's freshwater supply is made up of groundwater?

• Thirty

• Fifty

• Sixty

• Twenty

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following is a true statement?

• Groundwater contains more salt than surface water.

• Groundwater contains many disease-causing organisms.

• Surface water contains more minerals than groundwater.

• The Great Artesian Basin is in Africa.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following is a true statement about surface water?

• The temperature of surface water remains constant.

• Surface water cannot evaporate.

• Surface water is called 'hard' water.

• Surface water is called 'soft' water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4