Groundwater

Which soil would have the greatest permeability rate after a rainstorm?

• sand (0.02 cm)

• silt (0.002 cm)

• clay (0.0002 cm)

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

These containers have the same volume of beads which are representing soil particles. What is the relative porosity and permeability of each?

• The container on the left has the higher permeability and porosity

• The container on the right has the higher permeability and porosity

• The container on the left has the higher permeability, but they both have the same porosity

• The container on the right has the higher permeability, but they both have the same porosity

How would the porosity of the poorly sorted sediment compare to the well sorted sediment?

• It would be greater in the poorly sorted sediment

• It would be less in the poorly sorted sediment

• It would be the same in both

What that collects in these open spaces becomes part of a system of?

• permeable

• impermeable

• aquifer

• groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The upper surface of an aquifer is known as a?

• geyser

• aquifer

• water table

• well

Fill in the blank.

A ____________ extends with the aquifer, and does not stop at the surface of the water table.

• artesian well

• well

• pressure

• impermeable

How does a sink hole form?

• When limestone dissolves

• when the roof of a cave collapses

• when carbon dioxide and water is mixed together

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Water found beneath the Earth's surface.

• deposition

• divide

• groundwater

• wetlands

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water is removed from an aquifer faster than it is replenished, it can result in which of the following?

• Land Subsidence

• Groundwater replenishment

• Pollution

• Increased amounts of water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4