The Solid Earth - Chapter 3: Distribution and Movement of Groundwater

Question 1

Four things that can happen to the water after it rains:

Answer 1

run off immediately
transpired
evaporation
soak into ground

Question 2

Water that is not held near the surface penetrates downward until it reaches a zone where all of the open spaced in sediment and rock are completely filled with water called…….

Answer 2

zone of saturation

Question 3

The name of water in the zone of saturation

Answer 3

groundwater

Question 4

The upper limit of the zone of saturation

Answer 4

water table

Question 5

The area above the water table where the soil, sediment, and rock are not saturated

Answer 5

Zone of aeration

Question 6

True or false: the water table is flat

Answer 6

False

Question 7

The percentage of the total volume of rock or sediment that consists of pore spaces

Answer 7

porosity

Question 8

this is a material’s ability to transmit a liquid through interconnected pore spaces

Answer 8

permeability

Question 9

Impermeable layers composed of materials such as clay that hinder or prevent water movement

Answer 9

Aquicludes

Question 10

Permeable rock strata or sediments that transmit groundwater

Answer 10

Aquifers