GROUND WATER

Question 1

Potable

Answer 1

drinkable

Question 2

Infiltration

Answer 2

water going on the ground

Question 3

Water Table

Answer 3

underground surface below which the ground is wholly saturated with water

Question 4

Aquifer

Answer 4

a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater

Question 5

A sloping layer of permeable rock sandwiched by 2 layers of impermeable rock. Water is under pressure.

Answer 5

artesian formation

Question 6

The combination of adhesion and cohesion that allows water to travel up small spaces

Answer 6

Capillary Action

Question 7

a naturally formed underground chamber or series of chambers most commonly produced by dissolving limestone.

Answer 7

cavern

Question 8

stored soil water is gone and the need for moisture is greater than the rainfall

Answer 8

deficit

Question 9

a natural hot spring that occasionally sprays water and steam above ground

Answer 9

geyser

Question 10

water that infiltrates the soil and is located in underground reservoirs called aquifers

Answer 10

groundwater

Question 11

a type of landscape in rainy regions where there is limestone near the surface, characterized by caverns, sinkholes, and valleys

Answer 11

Karst topography

Question 12

What forms when groundwater cools or evaporates?

Answer 12

Mineral deposit

Question 13

a well that is dug or filled down to the water table

Answer 13

ordinary well

Question 14

percentage of open spaces in a rock or sediment

Answer 14

porosity

Question 15

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

Answer 15

permeability

Question 16

new water that enters the aquifer from the surface

Answer 16

recharge

Question 17

a place where groundwater seeps out of the ground

Answer 17

spring

Question 18

the condition of having rainfall greater than the need for moisture when the soil is already saturated

Answer 18

Surplus

Question 19

the condition where plants draw water form the soil at times when the need for moisture is greater than the rainfall.

Answer 19

usage

Question 20

describes the income and the spending of water in a region

Answer 20

water budget

Question 21

characteristic of materials through which water does not easily pass, such as clay and granite

Answer 21

permeable

Question 22

completely filled

Answer 22

saturated

Question 23

region in ground where pore spaces are filled with air

Answer 23

zone of aeration

Question 24

region in ground where pore spaces are completely filled with water

Answer 24

zone of saturation

Question 25

region above the water table with water drawn up by capillary action

Answer 25

capillary ringe

Question 26

lowered area of a water table produced by pumping water from a well

Answer 26

cone of depression

Question 27

earth materials which do not allow the free movement of groundwater through it

Answer 27

aquifard

Question 28

the countries largest aquifer located under the high plains (CP Only)

Answer 28

olgalla

Question 29

where an aquitard creates a local zone of saturation above the main water table

Answer 29

perched water table

Question 30

The level that water in an artesian well will reach

Answer 30

pressured surface

Question 31

water that contains high amounts of minerals (as calcium and magnesium ions) that limit the formation of lather with soap

Answer 31

hard water

Question 32

The change of water from its gaseous form (water vapor) into liquid water

Answer 32

CONDENSATION

Question 33

The process by which water is transferred from the land to the atmosphere by evaporation from the soil and other surfaces and by transpiration from plants.

Answer 33

evapotranspiration?

Question 34

The line where saturated and unsaturated layers meet.

Answer 34

WATR TABLE

Question 35

Is the movement of water, under the influence of gravity, from the upper part of the soil down through the pores to deeper horizons or underlying rocks.

Answer 35

PERCOLATION

Question 36

Is the portion of the precipitation that has been absorbed by the ground and has become part of the groundwater.

Answer 36

GROUNDWATERFLOW

Question 37

Is when there is more rainwater than the small detention hollows can hold, the water flows over the land as surface runoff.

Answer 37

OVERLAND FLOW

Question 38

Is the removal of water that falls as precipitation, via the network of streams and rivers.

Answer 38

RUNOFF

Question 39

Occurs when water enters a soil system faster than the soil can absorb or move it, such as when precipitation exceeds the infiltration capacity of the soil.

Answer 39

Infiltration excess

Question 40

An aquifer that lies between two aquicludes and often obtains its groundwater from a distant area, where it eventually reaches the surface.

Answer 40

CONFINED AQUIFER

Question 41

An aquifer that is not separated from the ground surface by an aquiclude and obtains its groundwater from local infiltration; its upper boundary is the water table. Obtains its water from local infiltrations, as if the sponge were at the surface.

Answer 41

UNCONFINED AQUIFER

Question 42

Maximum amount of water that a soil can hold by capillary tension against the downward pull of gravity.

Answer 42

FIELD CAPACITY