Unit 3 Review: Water

When water soaks down through the soil.

• deposition
• erosion
• infiltration
• sediment

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Water found beneath the Earth's surface.

• deposition
• divide
• groundwater
• wetlands

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Water that travels on the surface

• erosion
• deposition
• runoff
• sediment

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The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

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Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation
• transpiration

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Where can people drill and install a well to obtain groundwater?

• above the water table

• into an aquifer

• into the unsaturated zone

• into the impermeable layer

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The energy for the water cycle originally comes from the? 

• oceans
• sun
• atmosphere
• precipitation

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An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• Reservoir
• Aquifer
• Groundwater
• Watershed

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What term describes the movement of water between pore spaces?

• Aquifer

• Permeability

• Porosity

• Water table

The water table is located

• at the top of the saturated zone

• at the bottom of the saturated zone

• at the top of the unsaturated zone

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