Watershed Aquifer Groundwater

The top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wells

• aquifer

• water table

• watershed

• drainage system

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Groundwater is found in permeable rock.  Permeable means…

• porous

• nothing can pass throughc

• caves and caverns

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How do people extract groundwater?

• groundwater cannot be extracted

• by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground

• mining water from the Earth

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The spaces between rocks or sediment where water is stored in an aquifer.

• Openings

• Pores

• Stream load

• Water table

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The measure of how easily water can flow through something (in this case, an aquifer).

• Permeability

• Gradient

• Runoff

• Porosity

Fertilizer can seep through the ground to reach groundwater, what effect can it have?

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to reverse flow

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to freeze

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to become undrinkable

• It will seep into the school

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The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is:

• Porosity

• Permeability

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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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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An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer

• Spring

• Well

• Reservoir

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