CH 27.3/.4

Question 1

youngest rocks appear on the top while the oldest rock appears on the bottom

Answer 1

Principle of superposition

Question 2

Placing objects in their proper order of time

Answer 2

relative dating

Question 3

a rock unit that can transfer eater through its pore space

Answer 3

aquifer

Question 4

The amount of pore space a material has

Answer 4

porosity

Question 5

assigning an exact age to an organism

Answer 5

absolute dating

Question 6

gaps in rock record during which erosion or or deposition occurred

Answer 6

uncomformity

Question 7

upper boundary of the saturated zone

Answer 7

water table

Question 8

remains of an organism

Answer 8

fossil

Question 9

when water enters the earth and becomes groundwater

Answer 9

infiltration

Question 10

laws of nature act the same today as they did in the past

Answer 10

uniformtarianism

Question 11

what percentage of water on earth is salt

Answer 11

97%

Question 12

what percentage of water on earth is freshwater

Answer 12

3%

Question 13

where is the majority of freshwater found

Answer 13

glaciers

Question 14

where is the smaller percentage of freshwater found

Answer 14

lakes and rivers

Question 15

what is precipitation

Answer 15

rain snow sleet and hail

Question 16

what is runoff

Answer 16

water runs off

Question 17

what is infiltration

Answer 17

water seeps into the earth and becomes ground water

Question 18

what is transpiration

Answer 18

Plants release water vapor in to the sky

Question 19

what is evaporation

Answer 19

water becomes water vapor

Question 20

what is condensation

Answer 20

water vapor becomes water

Question 21

what is water cycle

Answer 21

water goes up as vapor then comes down as precipitation

Question 22

What is an unsaturated zone for groundwater

Answer 22

a porous area water passes through

Question 23

what is the saturated zone for groundwater storage

Answer 23

beneath the unsaturated zone where water fills porous space

Question 24

what is a water table

Answer 24

the upper boundary of the saturated zone

Question 25

what does it mean if sediment is permeable

Answer 25

easier to pass through

Question 26

what is the great plains aquifer

Answer 26

ogallala

Question 27

how many states does the great plains aquifer go through

Answer 27

8 states

Question 28

what are the names of the states that the aquifer runs through

Answer 28

South Dakota, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, Oklahoma, New mexico, Texas

Question 29

what is an aquitard

Answer 29

layer that doesn’t allow water to pass through

Question 30

How are water springs formed

Answer 30

water table meets earths surface

Question 31

what is an artesian well

Answer 31

a well made in a pressurized aquifer

Question 32

What is a cone of depression

Answer 32

where water flows downward towards the well