Water Underground

Water that infiltrates the ground is called

• aquifer

• groundwater

• tributary

• lake

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Soil and rock act as giant sponges because they are full of tiny pores and cracks that hold underground water.  These small pores allow the water to infiltrate and collect underground.   Rain and snowmelt that infiltrates the ground is called

• backflow

• groundwater

• spongate

• infiltrate

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What is the best definition of aquifer?

• empty space

• a space below the water table

• a measure of how well a material absorbs water

• an underground layer of permeable (that is, water-bearing) rock

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Groundwater feeds the river systems.  Groundwater and surface water are connected, not separate.  Consequently, water wells may remove or intercept groundwater that was on its way to springs that feed streams and rivers.  What can happen to water level if too many wells are placed together?

• they may cause the water table to rise

• they may draw down the water table

• the rivers will all run dry

• rainwater will stop falling

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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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The top of the water surface in a saturated part of an aquifer

• water table

• Water cycle

• aquifer

• Percolation

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In the diagram, letter C best represents:

• Unconfined Aquifer

• Confining Layer

• Confined Aquifer

• Recharge Zone

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What is an confined aquifer?

• a well in which water is under pressure especially : one in which the water flows to the surface naturally.

• solid rock underlying loose deposits such as soil or alluvium.

• an aquifer below the land surface that is saturated with water with layers of impermeable material are both above and below.

• water that collects on the surface of the ground.

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In the diagram, letter D best represents:

• Unconfined Aquifer

• Confining Layer

• Confined Aquifer

• Recharge Zone

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unconfined aquifer

• a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.

• an aquifers into which water seeps from the ground surface directly above the aquifer.

• aquifers with which an impermeable dirt/rock layer exists that prevents water from seeping into the aquifer from the ground surface located directly above.

• a large body of water surrounded by land.

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