Groundwater

Water that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called…

• watershed
• surface water
• groundwater
• water cycle

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What is the source of groundwater?

• rain, snow, melted glaciers
• ocean water
• icebergs
• water from fossilized animals

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An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.

• water table
• aquifer
• watershed
• river

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The area of an aquifer in which rock pores are completely filled with water.

• water table
• watershed
• zone of saturation
• surface water

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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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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

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Water above Earth's surface is called ______________ water.

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An ___________ is a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow.

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