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What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

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What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

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What occurs when used engine oil is poured into the pit in the ground?

• The oil remains sealed in the small disposal pit and does not affect the groundwater.

• The oil seeps through the soil until it leaks into the groundwater

• The oil seeps through the soil but stops before it reaches the groundwater

• The oil creates a barrier in Mrs. Dyess' room

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Why is water unevenly distributed on Earth? - Select 2 factors

• make-up of Earth's crust

• climate and weather patterns

• gravity

• animal and plant life

• world population

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Water underground is stored in ____________.

• aquifers

• reservoirs

• wells

• depositories

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How are natural resources distributed on Earth?

• They are most often found near the equator

• They are concentrated in hot climates

• They are evenly distributed over Earth

• They are unevenly distributed across the planet

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Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

• Groundwater

• Surface Water

• Permeable

• Impermeable

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Geothermal power is geographically limited-not available in many locations.

• Advantage

• Disadvantage

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To use water found in an aquifer people would

• build a dam

• drill a well to below the water table

• purify ocean water

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An abandoned mine leaking minerals into groundwater

• Point

• Non-Point

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