Wetlands and groundwater Quiz

zone of aeration pore space contains mostly air

• saturated zone

• unsaturated zone

• aquifer

• aquitard

water easily passes through

• high permeability

• low permeability

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Can become a problem when groundwater disappears

• caves

• sinkholes

• lakes

• rivers

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It is water found in permeable underground layers of gravel, sand and fractured rocks

• surface water

• polluted water

• groundwater

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Fertilizers and Pesticides can be a source of

• food

• pollution

• runoff

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A pond is an example of

• groundwater

• standing freshwater

• flowing freshwater

Are in land that is flooded with shallow water all or most of the time

• surface water

• wetlands

• groundwater

A marsh is an example of

• groundwater

• ocean

• wetland

It is a forest whose ground is underwater all or most of the time

• river

• ocean

• swamp

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Why do many birds that live in wetlands areas have long, thin legs?

• so they can run very fast

• so they can kick predators

• so they can walk in the shallow water

• so they can swim more easily

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