Ch. 17 Test

What percentage of the earth's fresh water is groundwater?

• 2.5%

• 30%

• 69%

• 97.5%

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

In which zone would you most likely find earthworms and chipmunks living?

• zone of saturation

• the water table

• the capillary fringe

• the zone of aeration

Rocks that contain many cracks or open spaces between their particles are __________.

• impermeable

• permeable

• porous

• semipermeable

A layer of rock that directs groundwater from one place to another is called a(n) __________.

• artesian well

• aquifer

• recharge zone

• water table

The flow of groundwater is primarily influenced by __________.

• gravity

• tectonic activity

• temperature changes

• wells

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

If water can easily move between cracks of a rock, we can say that...

• water is permeable

• rock is permeable

• rock is impermeable

• water is impermeable

A porous rock can be impermeable

• true

• false

• sometimes

• never

______ is more permeable since water passes through it

• gravel

• sand

• clay

• Silt

Define permeability

• Water

• Nothing

• Percent of volume of open spaces in rock or sediment

• Ability rock/sediment fluids pass through open spaces/pores

Water flows through permeable materials ____ than impermeable materials.

• slower

• faster

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4