Groundwater Quiz

What is the process called when water soaks into the soil and moves downward into the aquifer?

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

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Which layer is directly above the water table?

• Groundwater Zone

• Unsaturated Zone

• Aquifer

• Silty Layer

What happens to water as it passes through the sediments in the soil?

• It becomes contaminated with pollutants.

• It picks up minerals and gets "cleaned".

• It loses all of its mineral content.

• It turns into vapor and escapes into the atmosphere.

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What is the term used to describe the zone in the soil that is not saturated with water and allows air to be present?

• Saturated zone

• Capillary fringe

• Unsaturated zone, zone of aeration, vadose zone

• Water table

What is the name of the zone that is filled/soaked completely with water?

• Unsaturated zone

• Capillary fringe

• Bedrock

• Saturated zone

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What is the term for the boundary that separates the saturated and unsaturated zones of soil?

• Soil moisture

• Water table

• Bedrock

• Zone of aeration

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What is the capillary fringe in the context of groundwater?

• The layer of soil that is completely dry.

• The boundary between the saturated zone and the bedrock.

• The area just above the water table where water can rise up through capillary action.

• The uppermost layer of the atmosphere.

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What is the zone of aeration?

• The region beneath the surface that is fully saturated with water.

• The layer of soil on the surface that contains organic matter.

• The region beneath the surface where pore spaces contain air, is not saturated, and can still hold water.

• The uppermost layer of the Earth's atmosphere.

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What is the water table?

• The top of the zone of saturation

• The bottom of the zone of saturation

• The middle layer of soil moisture

• The interface between the capillary fringe and the vadose zone

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What is the zone of saturation also known as?

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