Groundwater and Wetlands

Water that lies beneath Earth's surface?

• wetland

• groundwater

• sediment

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Groundwater makes up about ___ % of the water people use daily in the United States.

• 10%

• 20%

• 30%

• 40%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Area of the ground where the pores are partially filled with water and partially filled with air?

• unsaturated zone

• saturated zone

• aquifer

• water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do we call a "holding tank" of water within that ground that people drill wells into?

• unsaturated zone

• saturated zone

• aquifer

• water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

__________ is determined by size of pores and the connections between pores.

• permeability

• saturated zone

• unsaturated zone

• porosity

if water is unable to penetrate or soak through a rock, it is called...?

• permeable

• impermeable

• porous

• imporous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do we call a rock's ability to hold water?

• porosity

• permeability

• unsaturatedness

• saturatedness

What is formed when the water table rises to the surface of the Earth?

• aquifer

• unsaturated zone

• well

• spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

If groundwater is not replaced as quickly as it is removed, then a ________ can form.

• valley

• aquifer

• sinkhole

• ditch

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Which type of wetland is most different from the other types?

• marshes

• bogs

• swamps