Aquifer

Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater

• Bogs

• Water in the ground

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

When water soaks the ground it becomes groundwater through what process?

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.

• slower

• faster

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The soda in your edible aquifer represented:

• groundwater

• surface water

• ocean water

• soil

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The straw in your edible aquifer represented:

• a well

• a delta

• soil

• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What do you call an area where ground water is transmitted freely through permeable rock layers or sediments?

• Discharge Area

• Recharge Area

• Aquifer

• Bedrock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do you call an area where water fills all of the open spaces in sediment and rock?

• Zone of Aeration

• Water Table

• Zone of Saturation

• River

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is found on top of the zone of saturation and below the zone of aeration?

• River

• Lake

• Water basin

• Water table

What happens to ground water when it moves to pore spaces?

• The move slower because the pores are small.

• They move faster because the pores are small.

• They move slower because the pores are very big.

• They move faster because the pores are very big.

What is formed when water from the water table intersects the ground surface?

• It will form hot springs.

• It will form a spring.

• It will form a geyser.

• It will form ground water.