TX Aquatics- Groundwater QUIZ

How much rain/precipitation actually soaks into the ground?

• None

• 1%

• 3%

• 100%

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The solid part of the Earth is known as the:

• Biosphere

• Geosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Atmosphere

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The area between the spongy soil layer and the saturation zone is:

• The water table

• Aqua Zone

• Geosphere

• River Basin

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The layer of earth where all the soil spaces and crevices are full of water:

• the danger zone

• the aquazone

• water table

• saturation zone

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An aquifer is....

• part of the water table

• a natural spring

• the boundary between the spongy soil and saturation zone

• an area of underground rock that holds water in pores/crevices

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Which of these can negatively affect an aquifer's levels?

• Wells pumping out too much water

• An increase in population in an area

• Droughts

• All of these!

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Brazoria County relies on which aquifer?

• Edwards

• Trinity

• Gulf Coast

• Pecos

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Places where water soaks into aquifers are known as:

• Recharge areas

• Charging stations

• Fill 'er ups

• Saturation Zones

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A _______ enables a body of water to always have a constant supply of water, even during times of drought

• Hose

• Spring

• Thunderstorm

• Heat wave

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A man-made body of water used for supplying water to large metropolitan areas in our state:

• Lake

• Tank

• Pond

• Reservoir