The Solid Earth - Chapter 3: Environmental Problems w Groundwater

Question 1

What becomes harder when people overindulge in the ground water from wells?

Answer 1

Recharge

Question 2

True or false: there are no issues associated with using ample amounts of groundwater

Answer 2

False

Question 3

What might the ground do is water is pumped faster than the processes can replace?

Answer 3

Sink

Question 4

A very common source of groundwater pollution comes from _____

Answer 4

sewage

Question 5

If water contaminated with bacteria from sewage enters the groundwater system, it may become ______ through natural processes

Answer 5

purified

Question 6

The filtering, chemical oxidation, or assimilation needed to purify sewage can only happen with the correct composition of the

Answer 6

Aquifer

Question 7

What type of aquifers are more likely to let through bacteria? (hint: examples are crystalline rock and coarse gravel as well as limestone)

Answer 7

Permeable

Question 8

What might be done to treat polluted groundwater?

Answer 8

Pumped and treated

Question 9

The most effective solution to groundwater contamination is _____

Answer 9

prevention