Unit 4 Lesson 5

What is groundwater?

• Water found in lakes

• Water found in rivers

• Water found underground in soil, sand, and rock

• Water found in clouds

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The top of the saturation zone is called the:

• surface zone

• water table

• aquifer

• water zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• an artesian well

• an aquifer

• sandstone

• a reservoir

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

When water can move through a substance, it is considered:

• permeable
• solid
• impermeable
• transparent

Serious water shortages are a current problem because: (choose 2 answers)

• groundwater is used faster than it is naturally replenished

• pollution by human activities

• there are not enough environmental engineers

• El Nino

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the primary source of groundwater?

• Rain and snow

• Ocean water

• River water

• Lake water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What does the quantity of groundwater that can be stored depend upon?

• It depends upon the porosity of the underground rock.

• It depends upon the pH of the groundwater.

• It depends upon the underground depth of the storage system.

• It depends upon the temperature of the underground rock.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

What would cause the water table to lower?

• Periods of low precipitation

• Low rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Increasing amounts of runoff

• A heavy rainstorm with a lot of precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4