Groundwater Quizizz

What is groundwater?

• The water in the atmosphere

• The water beneath Earth's surface

• The water in rivers and lakes

• The water on Earth's surface

What is an aquifer?

• A body of water on the surface

• A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater

• A type of cloud formation

• A type of soil erosion

What is porosity?

• The color of a rock or sediment

• The percentage of open spaces in a rock or sediment

• The hardness of a rock or sediment

• The weight of a rock or sediment

What affects porosity?

• Size and weight

• Color and weight

• Sorting, particle packing, and grain shape

• Hardness and weight

What is permeability?

• The ability of a rock or sediment to store fluids

• The ability of a rock or sediment to change shape

• The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces

• The ability of a rock or sediment to resist erosion

What affects permeability?

• Color and sorting of particles

• Size and sorting of particles

• Hardness and grain shape

• Weight and particle packing

What is the water table?

• The surface of a lake

• The upper surface of underground water

• The lower surface of underground water

• The surface of a river

What forms two distinct zones of groundwater?

• The gravity pulling water down through soil and rock layers

• The water level rising underground

• The water reaching impermeable rock

• The water saturating the spaces in the rock

What affects the ease with which water flows through an aquifer?

• The weight of the rock or sediment

• The size and sorting of the particles

• The hardness of the rock or sediment

• The color of the rock or sediment

What is the layer of an aquifer in which the pore space is completely filled with water?

• Capillary Fringe

• Zone of Saturation

• Perched Water Table

• Zone of Aeration