Chapter 10: Ground water Review

Designed by:Meghan E. Dillner

ReviewLESSON 10.1 VOCABULARY

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LESSON 10.2 VOCABULARY

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LESSON 10.3 VOCABULARY

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MIXED VOCABULARY

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BONUS QUESTION!

If answered correctly, this question is worth…

1,000 EXTRA POINTS!

How much of the hydrosphere is contained in

the oceans?

97%

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Permeable under ground layer through which groundwater

flows relatively easily.

AQUIFER

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Process by which precipitation that has fallen on land surfaces enters the ground and becomes groundwater.

INFILTRATION

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Ability of a material to let water pass through, which

is high in material with large, well-connected pores and low in material with few

pores or small pores.

PERMEABILITY

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Percentage of open spaces between

grains in a rock; is heightened in well sorted sediments

POROSITY

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Upper boundary of the zone of saturation that

rises during wet seasons and drops during dry

periods

WATER TABLE

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Underground opening connected to Earth’s

surface, usually formed when groundwater

dissolves limestone

CAVE

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Irregular topography with sinkholes, sinks, and

sinking streams caused by groundwater

dissolution of limestone

KARST TOPOGRAP

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Depression in Earth’s surface formed when a cave collapses or bedrock is dissolved

by acidic rain

SINKHOLE

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Cone-shaped or cylindrical dripstone deposit of calcium

carbonate that hangs like an icicle from a cave’s

ceiling

STALACITE

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Mound-shaped dripstone deposit of calcium

carbonate that forms on a cave’s floor beneath a

stalacite

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STALAGMITE

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Fountain of water that spurts above the land

surface when a well taps a deep, confined aquifer containing water under

pressure

ARTESIAN WELL

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Difference between the water level in a

pumped well and the original water-table

level

DRAWDOWN

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Explosive hot spring that erupts

regularly

GEYESER

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Thermal spring with temperatures

higher than that of the human body

HOT SPRING

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Process by which water from

precipitation and runoff is added to the

zone of saturation

RECHARGE

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Depth below Earth’s surface where all the pores of a material

are completely filled with groundwater

ZONE OF SATURATION

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A type of limestone found in dripstone

formations

TRAVERTINE

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Natural discharge of groundwater at Earth’s

surface where an aquifer and an aquiclude come

in contact

SPRING

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Deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir

of groundwater

WELL

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The Greek word for water

hydros

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