WorksheetsSurface and Groundwater
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:
a)
Groundwater
b)
Bogs
c)
Water in the ground
2.
What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Spring
c)
Well
d)
Reservoir
3.
What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?
a)
runoff
b)
recharge
c)
watershed
d)
valley
4.
What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?
a)
runoff
b)
discharge
c)
recharge
d)
tributary
5.
Because they have large connected pores, materials such as sand and gravel allow water to pass through. This is known as
a)
Permeable
b)
Impermeable
6.
The top of the groundwater’s zone of saturation - E
a)
Zone of Aeration
b)
Aquifer
c)
Surface water
d)
Water table
7.
An area where water (from precipitation or a stream) seeps into an aquifer, adding to the groundwater, is called a
a)
water table
b)
recharge area
c)
discharge area
d)
runoff
8.
When water goes from liquid at Earth's surface to vapor in Earth's atmosphere, that is called
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
transpiration
9.
When water in the leaves of plants becomes water vapor in the atmosphere, that is called
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
10.
the percentage of the volume of a rock which consists of empty spaces
a)
porosity
b)
permeability
c)
water table
d)
percent composition
11.
a ridge of unsorted sediment formed by glacial deposition
a)
moraine
b)
kettle
c)
erratic
d)
horn
12.
Sinkholes and caverns are common features of...
a)
Karst topography
b)
glacial topographic features
c)
erosion by streams
d)
wind erosion
13.
The steepness or vertical drop of a stream or river
a)
discharge
b)
runoff
c)
gradient
d)
channel
14.
Which of the following has the lowest porosity?
a)
Clay
b)
Silt
c)
Gravel
d)
Sand
15.
What is an ¨Artistian Well¨
a)
A well that pumps up Artistians
b)
A well
c)
A cabbage
d)
A well that uses pressure to push up water
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