Water vocab 5/3

Question 0

Water under earths surface

Answer 0

Groundwater

Question 1

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow

Answer 1

Aquifer

Question 2

The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces, or pores

Answer 2

Permeability

Question 3

Upper surface of underground water upper boundary of the zone of saturation

Answer 3

Water table

Question 4

A natural cavity that forms in rock as a result of the dissolution of minerals; also a large cave that holds many smaller connecting chambers

Answer 4

Cavern

Question 5

Karst Topography

Answer 5

A type of irregular topography that is characterized by caverns, sinkholes, and underground drainage and that forms on limestone and other soluble rock

Question 7

A circular depression that forms when rock dissolves, when overlying sediment fills an existing cavity, or when the rock of an underground cavern or mine collapses

Answer 7

Sinkhole

Question 9

Permeability

Answer 9

The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces, or pores

Question 10

Artesian Formation

Answer 10

A sloping layer of permeable rock sandwiched between 2 layers of impermeable rock and exposed at the surface

Question 13

A sloping layer of permeable rock sandwiched between 2 layers of impermeable rock and exposed at the surface

Answer 13

Artesian formation

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Porosity