Water Underground

People in rural areas obtain drinking water from

• rivers

• wells drilled into reservoirs

• wells drilled into aquifers

• rivers and lakes

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An underground area of sediment and rock that is filled with groundwater is a?

• watershed

• reservoir

• geyser

• aquifer

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The upper level of the groundwater is called?

• water table

• groundwater

• aquifer

• reservoir

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Water that infiltrates into the ground is called

• aquifer

• groundwater

• tributary

• lake

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Layer of rock or sediment that holds water undergroung in a large area that spans several states or small area

• aquifer

• unsaturated zone

• saturated zone

• water table

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Water can move through soil because of the soil's _______________.

• permeability

• not well-sorted materials

• impermeability

• porosity

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Underground area of soil, rocks and pebbles totally filled with water

• unsaturated zone

• saturated zone

The underground layer of rock, soil and air above the water table

• spring

• saturated zone

• unsaturated zone

• aquifer

When groundwater comes to the surface and naturally flows out of cracks in rocks

• spring

• well

• aquifer

• saturated zone

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The area where new water enters an aquifer

• recharge zone

• unsaturated zone

• pores

• water table

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