Chapter 7.3 Water Underground

Water from precipitation soaks down through permeable rock and soil layers. These layers contain air as well as water, so they are to saturated, or filled, with water. This top is called......

• Saturated zone

• Water table

• Unsaturation zone

• Unsaturated zone

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What is an option for bringing up groundwater?

• artesian wells

• Wells

• Pumps

• All the above

Deep underground, water in some areas experience great heat and pressure. The pressure forces boiling-hot water and steam to the surface, creating bubbling hot springs and erupting .........................

• Water

• Geysers

• Groundwater

• All of the above

The top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wells

• aquifer
• water table
• watershed
• drainage system

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Water that infiltrates the ground is called

• aquifer

• groundwater

• tributary

• lake

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The water table is located

• at the top of the saturated zone

• at the bottom of the saturated zone

• at the top of the unsaturated zone

Saturated zone........

• has spaces filled with water

• has empty spaces

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The water table level

• is the same height always

• is higher when it rains

• is lower when it rains

This is a picture of what?

• Permeable rock
• Impermeable rock
• spring
• Artesian Well

This is a picture of what?

• Permeable
• Impermeable
• Spring
• Artesian Well