Groundwater Answer Document/quiz

What is groundwater?

• Water found in lakes

• Water found in rivers

• Water found underground in soil, sand, and rock

• Water found in clouds

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What is the largest use for groundwater?

• Drinking water for urban areas

• Recharging lakes and rivers

• Irrigating crops

• Industrial processes

What is the area where water fills the aquifer called?

• Recharge zone

• Permeable zone

• Water table

• Saturated zone

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The top of the saturation zone is called the:

• surface zone

• water table

• aquifer

• water zone

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How is groundwater replenished?

• By recycling wastewater

• By extracting water from the ocean

• When rain and melted snow seeps into the ground

• By desalination

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How is groundwater brought to the surface naturally?

• Through a well

• Through a faucet

• Through a pump

• Through a spring

What can cause the water table to rise?

• Heavy pumping of groundwater supplies

• Pollution from human activities

• Overuse of fertilizers and pesticides

• Melting snow

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A body of permeable rock, sand and soil which can contain or store groundwater is called:

• an artesian well

• an aquifer

• sandstone

• a reservoir

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What is the process by which water on the surface of the earth seeps into the ground called?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

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What are ways in which ground water might be polluted? (multiple correct answers)

• Landfills

• Septic tanks

• impermeable rock

• overuse of fertilizers and pesticides

• dirt

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