Checkpoint: Aquifer and Groundwater#2

What is an underground layer of sand, rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows water to flow?

• Gradient

• Stream Load

• Aquifer

• Pores

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

Any rock material such as sand and gravel is ___________, meaning that water can pass through the easily the large connected spaces.

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Solid

• Soft

Where is groundwater located?

• Above the water table in the unsaturated zone

• Below the water table in the saturated zone

• Inside all of the rocks visible on the surface

• In deep underground lakes and rivers in the saturated zone

What is it called when water flows across the Earth's surface into bodies of water?

• Surface Water

• Runoffs

• Groundwater

• Water Table