Groundwater Day1

Lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams on Earth are

• Surface water

• Groundwater

Groundwater is water that is crammed between gaps in all EXCEPT

• Soil

• Rocks

• Trees

• Sediment

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A full body of groundwater is called an

• Aquaduct

• Aquafina

• Aquarium

• Aquifer

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If a person were to dig down, and after a number of meters they hit water, they have found the

_____________ _____________ of an aquifer

• Unsaturated Zone

• Water Table

• Confined Aquifer

• Unconfined Aquifer

In the diagram, letter A best represents:

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Water Table

• Confining Layer

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What is the relationship between groundwater and surface water?

• Surface water percolates (moves) through the soil to form groundwater.
• There is no relationship between surface and groundwater.
• Groundwater filters through the soil to form surface water.
• Surface water is found in lakes directly above underground water sources.

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Where is the water table located?

• at the top of the saturated zone

• between layers of impermeable rock

• in the unsaturated zone

• below layers of clay

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What are the spaces called through which water moves through soil?

• holes

• tubules

• tunnels

• pores

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Groundwater is stored in permeable layers of rock called aquifers. If a well is drilled - what is the correct order of the different layers that it would move through?

• saturated zone, unsaturated zone, water table

• water table, unsaturated zone, saturated zone

• unsaturated zone, water table, saturated zone

• saturated zone, water table, unsaturated zone

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Sand is ___________, meaning that water can pass through easily.

• Permeable
• Impermeable
• Solid
• Soft