Earth's Fresh Water

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• Reservoir

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Watershed

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How much of Earth's water is FRESH water?

• 75%

• 3%

• 97%

• 66%

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What is the upper boundary of the zone of saturation?

• Alluvial plain

• Evaporation

• Nitrates

• Water Table

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Which of the following implies the same thing as the word "aquifer"?

• zone of saturation

• zone of aeration

• zone of soil moisture

• zone of twilight

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The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

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What would cause the water table to lower?

• High rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Low rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Increasing amounts of runoff

• A heavy rainstorm with a lot of precipitation

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An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…

• watershed

• watertable

• river

• aquifer

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What is an artisan well?

• place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rocks.

• type of hot spring

• well, which water rises because of pressure of surrounding rock

• layer of rock or sediment that holds water

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What is a watershed

• it that supplies the water for the river system

• is at the top of the saturated zone

• is at the top of the unsaturated zone

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Water that contains little or no dissolved salt is 

• filtered water

• fresh water

• pure water

• salt water