Groundwater

A place where the water table intersects the ground surface and where a natural flow of groundwater results is called:

• a spring.

• a geyser.

• an aquatard.

• a fissure.

What is the best definition of a water table?

• The level to which a river rises when it floods

• The boundary between the land and the ocean

• The top of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The bottom of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer

What would cause the water table to lower?

• High rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Low rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Increasing amounts of runoff

• A heavy rainstorm with a lot of precipitation

​ (a)   are/is the spaces between the rocks, they can be filled with water or air

• Pores
• Groundwater
• Aquifers
• The Water Table

​is the water found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock

• Pores

• Groundwater

• Aquifers

• The Water Table

​ (a)   are/is the spaces between the rocks, they can be filled with water or air.

• Pores
• Groundwater
• Aquifers
• The Water Table

The zone between the water table and Earth’s surface

• Unsaturated zone

• Zone of saturation

• Aquifer

• Water table

The upper limit of the zone of saturation

• Unsaturated zone

• Zone of saturation

• Aquifer

• Water table

Considering the causes for groundwater depletion, the water table is lowered by

• Water withdrawal by humans

• Rainfall

• Periods of drought

• Flooding

The water table is increased by

(a)  

• Rainfall
• Water withdrawal by humans
• Periods of drought
• Evaporation