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What is an Aquifer?

Authored by Angela Embray

Science

8th Grade

10 Questions

NGSS covered

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What is an Aquifer?
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is an aquifer?

A type of water filter used in homes

An underground body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater

An artificial water reservoir

A surface water body like a lake or river

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What are the two major types of aquifers?

Unconfined and confined aquifers

Natural and artificial aquifers

Open and closed aquifers

Saltwater and freshwater aquifers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What material is known to restrict or prevent the flow of groundwater?

Sand

Gravel

Limestone

Clay

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How is water supplied to an unconfined aquifer?

Through artificial recharge

Through direct rainfall only

By rivers and lakes

It filters down from the land surface

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What represents the upper surface of an unconfined aquifer?

The bedrock

The aquitard

The water table

The confining layer

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

How does water enter a confined aquifer?

Only through artificial means

In places where the aquifer materials crop out at the surface

Through the overlying confining layer

Directly from the surface

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What can produce artesian wells?

Unconfined aquifers under pressure

Aquifers with high porosity

Confined aquifers under pressure

Surface water under pressure

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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