Ground Water & Surface Water Quiz

Which of the following is a way in which groundwater become surface water?

• Evaporation

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Well or Springs

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What is the main source of groundwater?

• morning dew collecting on the surface of shrubs and grasses

  
  

  
  

• precipitation falling into man-made wells

  
  

  
  

• precipitation seeping through pores and cracks in the ground

  
  
  

• saltwater flowing into fault lines at the ocean floor

  
  
  

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How are groundwater and surface water related?

• Groundwater can become surface water, but surface water cannot become groundwater.

• Surface water can become groundwater, but groundwater cannot become surface water.

  
  

• All surface water is also groundwater, and all groundwater is also surface water.

  
  

• Surface water can seep down into the ground to become groundwater.

  
  

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What is the interaction between surface water and groundwater in a watershed?

• Groundwater and surface water are separated by a layer of rock called a watershed.

  
  

• Groundwater and surface water drain away from watersheds.

  
  

• Groundwater discharges into a watershed, where it becomes surface water.

  
  

• Surface water collects in a watershed and seeps into the ground.

  
  

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Which of the following contains groundwater?

• a lake

• an ocean

• an aquifer

• a river

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When wetlands add water to the groundwater system, they are recharging the groundwater. When wetlands take water from the groundwater system, the groundwater discharges.

Use this information to select the true statement.

• Groundwater sometimes discharges into a stream or lake.

• Groundwater never discharges into streams or lakes.

  
  

• Groundwater seeks an imbalance, discharging more than it is recharge

• Groundwater cannot discharge, it can only be recharged.

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When the ground becomes saturated in a rain storm and the excess cannot be soaked up, the water will travel along the ground until it hits a low-lying area or a larger body of water. The water that is not absorbed into the ground, including the larger body of water, is _______.

• Fertilizer

• Surface Water

• A puddle

• Groundwater

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Region X has been experiencing a prolonged drought, while region Y has received rain daily for the last month. Assuming all other factors are the same, which of the following will occur if both regions experience a steady rainfall today and receive the same amount of precipitation?

• Region X will have more water seep into the ground and less surface runoff than region Y.

  
  

• Region Y will have more water seep into the ground and less surface runoff than region X.

  
  

• Region Y will have less water seep into the ground and less surface runoff than region X.

  
  

• Region X will have less water seep into the ground and less surface runoff than region Y.

  
  

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When precipitation falls on land surfaces, it begins to flow toward sea level. The water is more likely to flow toward sea level as groundwater if

• the surface is not porous and there are lots of interconnected spaces underground.

  
  

• the surface is porous and there are lots of interconnected spaces underground.

  
  

• the surface is porous and there are few interconnected spaces underground.

  
  

• the surface is not porous and there are few interconnected spaces underground.

  
  

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Vegetation typically slows water down as it flows across the ground. What does this result in?

• more surface runoff

• a drop in the water table

  
  

• an increase in rainfall

  
  

• more water infiltrating the ground

  
  

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