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WorksheetsEarth Science 5.4
Total questions: 19
Worksheet time: 13mins
What is an Aquifer?
Slang for A Aquifina bottle
Awkwafina's name
A body of porous rock or sediment saturated with water.
A underground lake
What is an aquiclude?
Any geological formation that confines an adjacent aquifer
A dam?
Anything that stops water
A Hot dog stand
What characteristics make good aquifers?
Porosity
To be Hard
Permeability
to be poorly sorted
What sediments make good aquifers
Granite
Sand
Gravel
Slate
What sediments make good aquicludes
Clay
Granite
Pumice
Sandstone
A Zone of Saturation is the soil or rock located below the top of the groundwater table and it's pores are filled with (a)
A Zone of Aeration: The area of an unconfined aquifer above the water table where the soil pores are filled with (a)
What is a water table?
The top of the zone of saturation
A toy played withg by children
A new furniture brand
The newest rap band
Where is the water table located?
My Back deck
Between the zone of Aeration and bottom of zone of saturation
The nearest Art Van Furniture
The Lugnuts stadium
What way does water flow?
Uphill
Downhill
Low to High
High to Low
Which has better porosity? Well sorted sediment or poorly sorted?
Poorly sorted sediment
Well sorted Sediment
How do porosity and permeability get affected by sediment size?
Size up Permeability up
Size down Porosity up
Size up Porosity up
Size down Permeability up
What causes groundwater to build up?
A lot of precipitation
Aquicludes everywhere
High porosity in the soil
A drought
What's the difference between a normal well and artesian one?
One is deeper than the other
The ordinary one needs to be pumped while the artesian doesn't
The artesian one needs to be pumped and the ordinary one doesn't
No difference
How does water get to the surface for an artesian well?
Pressure builds up in the confined aquifer because of new water coming in except it can only leave through the well
MAYONNAISE
How is a cone of depression form?
Pumping from a well in a water table aquifer lowers the water table in the wells proximity
The Architects build it into the well for easier pumping
99 Ministers meet worry worry super scurry
Overeating causes your neck to collapse into a cone shape which depresses you
What are the 3 things that affect the water table's height?
The Climate/Weather
Human Activity
Dr. Pimple popper viewers
Soil composition
what besides farms causes pollution
septic tanks
landfills
Wells
Kids in Chicago?
Which would you rather drink out of? A unconfined or confined aquifer well?
Unconfined Aquifer
Confined Aquifer
