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Groundwater is the largest reservoir of ______ that is readily available to humans

A

Freshwater

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6/10 of __ percent of the hydrosphere is groundwater

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Groundwater % out of all water

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14.6%

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Groundwater % out of all liquid freshwater

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94.05%

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Groundwater acts as an erosional agent dissolving soluble _______ such as ______.

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bedrock

Limestone

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Most groundwater soaks into the ground from _________.

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Precipitation

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Zone of soil moisture

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Zone where water is held by molecular attraction on soil particles in the near-surface zone

Used by plants

Evaporates directly back into the atmosphere

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Zone of saturation

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Zone where all the pore spaces are completely filled with water

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Water table

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Upper limit of the zone of saturation

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Unsaturated zone (vadose zone)

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Area above the zone of saturation

Pore spaces include air and water

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Capillary fringe

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Region where groundwater is held in pore spaces by surface tension

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Interaction between groundwater and streams constitutes a basic link in the ________ cycle.

A

Hydrological

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Gaining streams

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Gain water from the inflow of groundwater through the stream bed

Water table is higher than the stream surface

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Losing streams

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Lose water to the groundwater system by outflow through the stream bed

Water table is lower than the stream surface

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Losing stream becomes disconnected by the ____ _____, and a bulge may form in the water table.

A

Unsaturated zone

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Porosity

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The percentage of pore(open) spaces in a rock or sediment

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______ depends on the size and shape of the grains, how we’ll they are sorted, and how tightly they are packed

A

Porosity

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_____ determines how much groundwater can be stored.

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Porosity

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Ability of a material to transmit a fluid

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Permeability

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_____ is an impermeable layer that hinders or presents water movement and is usually clay

A

Aquitard

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______ is permeable rock strata or sediment that transmits groundwater freely

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Aquifer

Examples: sands and gravels

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Groundwater moves very _____.

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Slowly ; 4 cm per day

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A simple groundwater flow system

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The force of gravity and pressure differences move groundwater

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In a simple groundwater system, Groundwater is replenished in areas of _____.

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Recharge

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In a simple groundwater flow system, groundwater flows back to the surface in a ____ ____.

A

Discharge area

27
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Darcy’s Law

A

Measure of the volume of Atwater that flows through an aquifer, using the hydraulic gradient, conductivity, and cross-sectional area

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______ is the water table slope

A

Hydronic gradient

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______ _____ takes into account the permeability of the aquifer and viscosity of the liquid to determine how fast water will flow through a medium

A

Hydronic conductivity

30
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Hydraulic gradient formula

A 
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31
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A ____ is a hole bored into the zone of saturation

A

Well

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Drawdown

A

As water is withdrawn from the well, the surrounding water table is lowered

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Cone of depression

A

Forms around a well

34
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An ______ well or spring is a system where groundwater under pressure rises above the level of the aquifer

A

Artesian

35
Q

Af aquifer confined by aquitards is called a _____ _____.

A

Confined aquifer

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Non flowing artesian well

A

Pressure surface is below ground level

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Flowing artesian well

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Pressure surface is above the ground

38
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A natural outflow of Atwater from the intersection of the water table and the ground surface is called a _____.

A

Spring

39
Q

Water in hot springs is heated by what?

A

Cooling of igneous rock

Some by geothermal gradient

40
Q

Intermittent hot springs in which columns of water erupt with force

A

Geysers

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How do geysers work?

A

Occurs where extensive underground chambers exist within hot igneous rock

Groundwater heats, expands, changes to steam, and erupts

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Geyser deposits

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Chemical sedimentary rock accumulates at the surface

43
Q

Type of rock reflects the ___ _____ of the bedrock

A

Chemical makeup

44
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Mining groundwater

A

Treating groundwater as a non renewable resource

45
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What is subsidence?

Example

A

The ground sinks when water is pumped from wells faster than natural recharge processes can replace it

San Joaquin valley of California

46
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____ ____ is the excessive groundwater withdrawal causes saltwater to be drawn into wells, thus contaminating the freshwater supply

A

Saltwater contamination

47
Q

Groundwater is often mildly _____.

A

Acidic

48
Q

_____ acid reacts with ____ in limestone to form calcium bicarbonate, a soluble material.

A

Carbonic

Calcite

49
Q

Caverns

A

Created by acidic groundwater dissolves limestone bedrock

About 17,000 caves in the US

50
Q

When calcium carbonate deposited as dripping water evaporates, it is called ______.

A

Travertine

51
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_____ is the general name for all dripstone features

A

Speleothem

52
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Stalactites

A

Hanging from ceiling

53
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Stalagmites

A

Form on the floor of a cavern

54
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___ ____ is a landscape that has been shaped mainly by the dissolving power of groundwater.

A

Karst topography

55
Q

Common features of Karst topography include:

A

Irregular terrain
Sinkholes
Striking lack of surface drainage

56
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Zone of Aeration

A

All pore spaces are filled with air

57
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Water is pulled up through ____ ____.

A

Capillary action

58
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Losing stream that is connected provides water to the _____ _____.

A

Groundwater system

71
Q

How can a stream be a combination of gaining and losing streams?

A

A stream can gain in some sections and lose in others

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