Underground Water

People can obtain groundwater by drilling a well

• above the water table

• into an aquifer

• into the unsaturated zone

• into the impermeable layer

The top of the saturated zone is known as

• the aquifer

• the water table

• the unsaturated zone

• spring rock

Ground water naturally bubbles to the surface at

• artesian wells

• springs

• aquifers

• lakes

The top of the saturated zone

• aquifer

• water table

• spring

• well

When people obtain groundwater from an aquifer by drilling into a well below the water table

• well

• spring

• water table

• unsaturated zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

New water that enters an aquifer

• recharge

• unsaturated zone

• pores

• water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Spaces between particles of sediment in the ground

• pores

• aquifer

• spring

• well

Material that allows water to pass through

• permeable

• impermeable

• saturation zone

• aquifer

Which is the best way to get water from an aquifer with a well?

• Drill below the water table.

• Drill above the water table.

• Drill below the aquifer.

• Drill below the impermeable rock

Which describes materials that have large and connected pores, such as sand and gravel?

• unsaturated

• impermeable

• saturated

• permeable