Aquifer Science

An ___________ is a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow.

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An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• Reservoir

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Watershed

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The area of an aquifer in which rock pores are completely filled with water.

• water table

• watershed

• zone of saturation

• surface water

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The spaces between rocks or sediment where water is stored in an aquifer.

• Openings

• Pores

• Stream load

• Water table

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The measure of how easily water can flow through something (in this case, an aquifer).

• Permeability

• Gradient

• Runoff

• Porosity

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Water that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called…

• watershed

• surface water

• groundwater

• water cycle

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What is the source of groundwater?

• rain, snow, melted glaciers

• ocean water

• icebergs

• water from fossilized animals

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The top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wells

• aquifer

• water table

• watershed

• drainage system

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Groundwater is found in permeable rock.  Permeable means…

• porous

• nothing can pass throughc

• caves and caverns

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How do people extract groundwater?

• groundwater cannot be extracted

• by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground

• mining water from the Earth

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