Chapter 10: Ground water Review Designed by: Meghan E. Dillner
Review LESSON 10.1 VOCABULARY LESSON 10.2 VOCABULARY LESSON 10.3 VOCABULARY MIXED VOCABULARY
BONUS QUESTION! If answered correctly, this question is worth… 1,000 EXTRA POINTS!
How much of the hydrosphere is contained in the oceans?
97% back to board
Permeable under ground layer through which groundwater flows relatively easily.
AQUIFER Back To Board
Process by which precipitation that has fallen on land surfaces enters the ground and becomes groundwater.
INFILTRATION Back To Board
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 Back To Board
Percentage of open spaces between grains in a rock; is heightened in well sorted sediments
POROSITY Back To Board
Upper boundary of the zone of saturation that rises during wet seasons and drops during dry periods
WATER TABLE Back To Board
Underground opening connected to Earth’s surface, usually formed when groundwater dissolves limestone
CAVE Back To Board
Irregular topography with sinkholes, sinks, and sinking streams caused by groundwater dissolution of limestone
KARST TOPOGRAPHY Back To Board
Depression in Earth’s surface formed when a cave collapses or bedrock is dissolved by acidic rain
SINKHOLE Back To Board
Cone-shaped or cylindrical dripstone deposit of calcium carbonate that hangs like an icicle from a cave’s ceiling
STALACITE Back To Board
Mound-shaped dripstone deposit of calcium carbonate that forms on a cave’s floor beneath a stalacite Back To Board
STALAGMITE Back To Board
Fountain of water that spurts above the land surface when a well taps a deep, confined aquifer containing water under pressure
ARTESIAN WELL Back To Board
Difference between the water level in a pumped well and the original water-table level
DRAWDOWN Back To Board
Explosive hot spring that erupts regularly
GEYESER Back To Board
Thermal spring with temperatures higher than that of the human body
HOT SPRING Back To Board
Process by which water from precipitation and runoff is added to the zone of saturation
RECHARGE Back To Board
Depth below Earth’s surface where all the pores of a material are completely filled with groundwater
ZONE OF SATURATION Back To Board
A type of limestone found in dripstone formations
TRAVERTINE Back To Board
Natural discharge of groundwater at Earth’s surface where an aquifer and an aquiclude come in contact
SPRING Back To Board
Deep hole drilled or dug into the ground to reach a reservoir of groundwater
WELL Back To Board
The Greek word for water
hydros Back To Board