Water Cycle & Ground Water Quiz Review

Which diagram represents the soil with the greatest permeability?

• Choice 1
• Choice 2
• Choice 3
• Choice 4

The amount of space between sediment is called ...

• permeability

• porosity

• evaporation

• condensation

Which sample has the GREATEST porosity?

• sorted

• unsorted

Which container has the lowest porosity?

• A
• B
• C
• A and B

Rainwater will enter the ground at X if the ground is

• saturated and permeable

• saturated and impermeable

• unsaturated and permeable

• unsaturated and impermeable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The upward movement of water through tiny spaces in soil or rock is called

• permeability

• water retention

• porosity

• capillary action

How does groundwater occur?

• It doesn't occur

• Rain seeps into the ground until it is completely saturated

• it just happens at random

• When water runs off the surface due to maximum saturation

Define permeability

• Water

• Nothing

• Percent of volume of open spaces in rock or sediment

• Ability rock/sediment fluids pass through open spaces/pores

During droughts, lack of rain can lead to wells drying up. This is because the drought has lowered the ____.

• water trough
• zone of aeration
• water table
• zone of porosity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Soil with the greatest porosity has particles that are ...

• poorly sorted and densely packed

• poorly sorted and loosely packed

• well sorted and densely packed

• well sorted and loosely packed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4