8th Grade-Groundwater Terms

Match it! Select the correct answer from the pull down...Good luck!

_________ is water found below the surface of the earth, usually stored in aquifers

An aquifer that is bound by rocks and cannot reach the surface

An aquifer that can reach the surface; has no layers of rock keeping it underground.

A _______________ is a large body of flowing water, created by many smaller streams flowing together.

An ________________ is an underground layer of sand, gravel, or rock that holds water.

The top of the saturated zone is known as what?

The ability of water to flow through material is called what?

The __________ of the ground is the amount of empty spaces in it that can hold liquids like water.