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Ch 6
Test Description: Earth Science
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) (in your book p. 172, figure 14) Where can a well be drilled?
A
neither the zone of aeration or the perched water table
B
above the zone of aeration
C
above the perched water table
D
above the zone of aeration and the perched water table
2) Ground water is found underground in the zone of
A
sediment
B
soil
C
aeration
D
saturation
3) Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely are called
A
aquitards
B
aquifers
C
springs
D
caverns
4) Which of the following is a measure of a materials ability to transmit fluids through interconnected pore spaces?
A
competence
B
capacity
C
porosity
D
permeability
5) Springs form where
A
groundwater sinks into the soil
B
there is no water table
C
flooding makes streams overflow their banks
D
the water table intersects the gound surface
6) Any formation in which groundwater rises on its own under pressure is a
A
artesian well
B
hot spring
C
cone of depression
D
aquifer
7) Groundwater contaminated by sewage from a ruptured septic tank can sometimes be naturally purified by flowing for a relatively short distance through a
A
cavernous limestone aquifer
B
sandstone aquifer
C
fractured limestone aquifer
D
spring where the water table intersect the ground surface
8) Which of the following statements is true about stalactites?
A
they grow up from the floor of a cavern
B
they either hang from the ceiling or grow up from the floor of a cavern
C
they hang from the ceiling of a cavern
D
they are the same as stalgmites
9) Which type of rock usually underlies a karst landscape
A
limestone
B
shale
C
granite
D
basalt
10) Which of the following is associated with areas of karst topography?
A
all the answers listed
B
caverns
C
sinking streams
D
sinkholes
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