Groundwater

What is the water beneath Earth's surface called?

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

• Geyser

• Spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater or allows the flow of groundwater.

• Spring

• Porosity

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The ability of rock to let fluids pass through it's open spaces or pores.

• Porosity

• Sediment

• Permeability

• Aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

% of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consists of open space.

• Spring

• Porosity

• Groundwater

• Permeability

The ______ usually matches the contour of the land

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for a cavity that forms in rock by the dissolution of minerals.

• Well

• Caverns

• Geyser

• Karst Topography