WorksheetsGroundwater and Karst Topography Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 24mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the area of groundwater where the open space is filled with water?
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water Table
2.
The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation:
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water Table
3.
The amount of space between soil is:
a)
Porosity
b)
Permeability
4.
The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is:
a)
Porosity
b)
Permeability
5.
A material with a high porosity has:
a)
Little space
b)
A lot of space
6.
A substance has a low permeability when:
a)
Water can flow through easily
b)
Water CAN'T Flow through easily
7.
What is a place where groundwater seeps out of the ground called?
a)
Well
b)
Reservoir
c)
Aquifer
d)
Spring
8.
What are sources of water pollution?
a)
Precipitation as Acid rain
b)
Runoff water & Groundwater
c)
Industry & Household waste
d)
All of these
9.
Which well(s) end(s) in a saturated zone?
a)
1 and 2
b)
1 only
c)
4 and 5
d)
1,3 and 5
10.
The materials that make up Aquifers A and B are
a)
permeable
b)
impermeable
11.
Karst topography includes underground caverns. Where in VA would this landscape be found?
a)
Piedmont
b)
Coastal Plain
c)
Valley and Ridge
d)
Blue Ridge
12.
Where is most of the Karst topography located in Virginia
a)
Blue Ridge
b)
Valley and Ridge
c)
Piedmont
d)
Coastal
13.
What type of rock is common in the cavernous region and is the rock needed to create Karst topography because it can be dissolved by the weak acid of Carbon Dioxide dissolved in water
a)
Sandstone
b)
Granite
c)
Basalt
d)
Limestone
14.
A depression or hole formed when the roof of a cave collapses
a)
Cavern
b)
Cave
c)
Sinkhole
d)
Bedrock
15.
What is the area underground where there is not any water?
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water
16.
The ___________________ the grain size, the faster the water will move through the soil.
a)
more mixed
b)
smaller
c)
larger
17.
Well sorted soil...
a)
has low porosity
b)
has low pore space
c)
has high porosity
d)
means water will move through slowly
18.
Poorly sorted soil...
a)
has low porosity
b)
has high porosity
c)
has high pore space
d)
means water will move through quickly
19.
An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?
a)
Reservoir
b)
Aquifer
c)
Groundwater
d)
Watershed
20.
Where are most springs found?
a)
near the coastline
b)
starting in the mountains where land has a steep gradient
c)
in an aquifer
d)
near a geyser
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