8th Grade-Groundwater Terms Question Preview (ID: 50546)


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The _________________ is the region underground that is completely filled with water.
a) Saturated Zone
b) Unsaturated Zone
c) Impermeable Layer
d) Runoff

An ________________ is an underground layer of sand, gravel, or rock that holds water.
a) aquifer
b) runoff
c) river
d) underwater system

A _______________ is a large body of flowing water, created by many smaller streams flowing together.
a) river
b) stream
c) aquifer
d) runoff

The __________ of the ground is the amount of empty spaces in it that can hold liquids like water.
a) porosity
b) permeability
c) aquifer
d) runoff

________ is rain water that flows over the surface of the ground and into streams and other bodies of surface water.
a) runoff
b) stream
c) groundwater
d) unconfined aquifer

An aquifer that is bound by rocks and cannot reach the surface
a) Unconfined aquifer
b) Confined aquifer
c) Water Table
d) Permeable

The top of the saturated zone is known as what?
a) water table
b) unsaturated zone
c) river
d) permeable

An aquifer that can reach the surface; has no layers of rock keeping it underground.
a) Confined aquifer
b) Unconfined aquifer
c) Water Table
d) Unsaturated zone

_________ is water found below the surface of the earth, usually stored in aquifers
a) groundwater
b) saturated zone
c) unsaturated zone
d) water table

The ability of water to flow through material is called what?
a) permeability
b) imperability
c) runoff
d) surface water

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