Science Vocabulary Permeable Impermeable Ground Water And Surface Water

In the diagram, letter A best represents:

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Water Table

• Confining Layer

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Which of the layers is composed of impermeable material?

• Layer B

• Layer C

• Layer D

What is the relationship between groundwater and surface water?

• Surface water percolates (moves) through the soil to form groundwater.
• There is no relationship between surface and groundwater.
• Groundwater filters through the soil to form surface water.
• Surface water is found in lakes directly above underground water sources.

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Where is the water table located?

• at the top of the saturated zone

• between layers of impermeable rock

• in the unsaturated zone

• below layers of clay

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What are the spaces called through which water moves through soil?

• holes

• tubules

• tunnels

• pores

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All the water on and in the Earth's crust takes part in . . .

• the carbon cycle

• the nitrogen cycle

• the water cycle

• the zone of saturation

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Aquifer – a permeable rock layer than can hold or transport water

• True

• False

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What is a well?

• a place that has a lot of grass

• a hole drilled into the ground to pump water

• a place where water in stored underground

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Out of all the water on Earth, how much is freshwater?

• 100%

• 70%

• 35%

• 2.5%

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If a well is contaminated... what could happen?

• there will be more groundwater

• people could get sick from drinking the water

• the water table goes down

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