
Aquifers and Groundwater Characteristics

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Patricia Brown
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the primary characteristic of an aquifer that allows it to yield groundwater?
High porosity
Low permeability
High permeability
Low porosity
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which type of aquifer has a free water surface and is recharged by precipitation?
Unconfined aquifer
Confined aquifer
Aquifuge
Perched aquifer
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In a confined aquifer, the water is under pressure greater than what?
Surface pressure
Aquifer pressure
Atmospheric pressure
Hydrostatic pressure
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is a perched aquifer?
An aquifer above an impermeable layer
An aquifer between two permeable layers
An aquifer with high pressure
An aquifer with no recharge
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which formation allows water to pass through but not in sufficient quantities?
Aquiclude
Aquitard
Aquifer
Aquifuge
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What is the main characteristic of an aquiclude?
High porosity but impermeable
Neither porous nor permeable
High permeability
Low porosity and permeable
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which geological formation is neither porous nor permeable?
Aquifer
Aquifuge
Aquitard
Aquiclude
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