Earth Science Regents Ground Water

What is the name of the area of groundwater where it is saturated?

• Zone of Saturation
• Zone of Aeration
• Water Table

What is the area underground where there is not any water?

• Zone of Saturation
• Zone of Aeration
• Water

The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation:

• Zone of Saturation
• Zone of Aeration
• Water Table

Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground

When water soaks the ground it becomes groundwater through what process?

• Runoff
• Infiltration
• Transpiration

The amount of space between soil is:

• Porosity
• Permeability

The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is:

• Porosity
• Permeability

A material with a high porosity has:

• Little space
• A lot of space

A substance has a low permeability when:

• Water can flow through easily
• Water CAN'T Flow through easily

What is water that seeps into the ground into spaces between bits of rocks and soil?

• Water table
• Spring
• Aquifer
• Groundwater