(S2W6D1) Groundwater Formation and structure

In the diagram, letter A best represents:

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Water Table

• Confining Layer

Well that goes down to confined aquifer and doesn't require pumping

• artesian well
• unconfined well
• master well
• ultra deep well

What is a well?

• a place that has a lot of grass

• a hole drilled into the ground to pump water

• a place where water in stored underground

Aquifer – a permeable rock layer than can hold or transport water

• True

• False

If a well is over-pumped... what could happen?

• there will be more groundwater

• less groundwater + aquifers will dry out

• the water table does not change

Groundwater is stored in permeable layers of rock called aquifers. If a well is drilled - what is the correct order of the different layers that it would move through?

• saturated zone, unsaturated zone, water table

• water table, unsaturated zone, saturated zone

• unsaturated zone, water table, saturated zone

• saturated zone, water table, unsaturated zone

Sand is ___________, meaning that water can pass through easily.

• Permeable
• Impermeable
• Solid
• Soft

True/False

Groundwater is recharged at the same rate it is pumped out of the ground.

• True

• False