What You Know About Fresh Water

Where does all fresh water come from?

• Surface runoff

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Groundwater

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Compare the saturated zone to the unsaturated zone.

• Saturated zone is filled with water, unsaturated zone holds air and water

• Saturated zone is permeable, unsaturated zone is impermeable

• Saturated zone is below the water table, unsaturated zone is above the water table

• Saturated zone has air and water, unsaturated zone is filled with water

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What is a geyser?

• A type of hot spring

• A man-made hole drilled below the water table

• A place where groundwater bubbles out of cracks in the rock

• A well in which water rises because of pressure within an aquifer

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What is the nature of the ground surface that determines whether water will soak into the ground or flow over as runoff?

• Rate of rainfall

• Presence of aquifers

• Permeability

• Slope of the ground

What is the land area that supplies water to a river system called?

• Surface runoff

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Percolation

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What is the underground rock that holds water called?

• Aquifer

• Water table

• Artesian well

• Geyser

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What is the process of water soaking into rocks and the ground called?

• Groundwater recharge

• Surface runoff

• Watershed divide

• Groundwater discharge

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What is the type of wetland that is covered with a shallow layer of water during part or all of the year?

• Swamp

• Marsh

• Coastal wetland

• Bog

What is the process of rivers wearing away landforms due to erosion and building new landforms through deposition called?

• Stream erosion

• Percolation

• Groundwater recharge

• Surface runoff

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