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Surface Water and Groundwater

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Water that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called…
a)
watershed
b)
surface water
c)
groundwater
d)
water cycle
2.
An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…
a)
watershed
b)
watertable
c)
river
d)
aquifer
3.
An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.
a)
water table
b)
aquifer
c)
watershed
d)
river
4.
The top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wells
a)
aquifer
b)
water table
c)
watershed
d)
drainage system
5.
How do people extract groundwater?
a)
groundwater cannot be extracted
b)
by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground
c)
mining water from the Earth
d)
answer not shown
6.

channel

a)

the path that a stream follows

b)

the water that is beneath Earth's surface

c)

a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

d)

all the bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground

7.

tributary

a)

a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

b)

the water that is beneath Earth's surface

c)

the path that a stream follows

d)

the boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions

8.

divide

a)

a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

b)

the boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions

c)

the path that a stream follows

d)

the upper surface of underground water; the upper boundary of the zone of saturation

9.

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

a)

Openings

b)

Pores

c)

Stream load

d)

Water table

10.

Materials carried by a stream are called its ________________

a)

Gradient

b)

Flow

c)

Stream load

d)

Watershed

11.

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

a)

Permeability

b)

Gradient

c)

Runoff

d)

Porosity

12.

A river's __________ is the amount of water that moves through the river channel in a given amount of time.

a)

Gradient

b)

Divide

c)

Movement

d)

Flow

13.

______________ is a measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance.

a)

Gradient

b)

Flow

c)

Watershed

d)

Discharge Zone

14.

We use water for ____________.

a)

washing

b)

bathing

c)

gardening

d)

All of the above

15.

Which of the following can be referred to as both domestic and recreational uses of water?

a)

Bathing

b)

Drinking water

c)

Canoeing

d)

Swimming