Chapter 9: Water

_ is the water that infiltrates through the ground and is stored in spaces in soil and rock.

• Water table

• Surface water

• Groundwater

• Rain

All of the following are example of point source pollution, except

• drainpipes.

• ditches.

• sewer outfalls.

• runoff from farms.

The geological layer that contains water in called

• aquifer

• groundwater

• recharge zone

• zone of aeration

Only _% of water is freshwater.

• 10

• 70

• 2.4

• 1.5

Most freshwater is tied up in

• glaciers and snowfields

• Oceans

• Farms

• the ice age

Which groundwater zone contains a shallow layer of soil with both air and water?

• Zone of saturation

• Zone of aeration

• water table

• recharge zone

The atmosphere contains only _% of the total water supply.

• 1

• 0.1

• 0.001

• 0.01

Water is a _ resource

• nonrenewable

• renewable

• water

• groundwater

Renewable water is most plentiful in the _

• tundra

• usa

• desert

• tropics

The total amount of water taken from a body of water is called

• water recharge

• water retreat

• water withdrawal

• water refill