Groundwater

The water under the ground is known as

• groundwater

• aquifer

• water table

• water

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Which of the following is true for the water table?

• The lower limit of groundwater is called the water table..

• The upper limit of groundwater is called the water table

• Groundwater is also called the water table.

• Aquifer is called the water table.

A ……………….. is most commonly used to access groundwater.

• well

• pond

• river

• tap

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Which of the following are groundwater?

• Lakes, ponds, creeks streams, ocean, rivers

• Wells, water table, aquifers

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What is the best definition of a water table?

• The level to which a river rises when it floods

• The boundary between the land and the ocean

• The top of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The bottom of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer

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Groundwater like aquifers account for about what percent of Earth's fresh water?

• 3

• 69

• 30

• 10

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An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.

• water table

• aquifer

• watershed

• river

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This model of an aquifer with colored water best models...

• condensation of water

• physical pollution

• chemical pollution of groundwater

• the layers of the earth

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The "unsaturated zone" in this image is also known as the:

• Zone of Aeration

• The Wet Zone

• Zone of Aquiclude

• Zone of Saturation

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A natural, underground area where large quantities of groundwater fill the spaces between rocks is a/an:

• ocean

• river

• aquifer

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