Groundwater Quiz

What is the boundary located between the saturated zone and the unsaturated zone called?

• groundwater

• water table

• saturated zone

• unsaturated zone

A well is a hole that is dug below the water table and that fills with ______.

• groundwater

• water table

• saturated zone

• unsaturated zonz

What term belongs in Blank #1?

• groundwater

• water table

• saturated zone

• unsaturated zone

What term belongs in Blank #2?

• groundwater

• saturated zone

• unsaturated zone

• aquifer

What is a rock layer that stores and allows the flows of groundwater?

• groundwater

• water table

• saturated zone

• aquifer

For an aquifer to be functional, it must have a high degree of _____________ and ______________.

• porosity

• permeability

• sunlight

• gravity

Low temperatures and higher salt content of water, means the more __________________ it has, and it will sink underneath warm ocean currents.

• porosity

• sunlight

• gravity

• density

Which two factors are the cause for the global movement of water?

• porosity

• permeability

• sunlight

• gravity