Name: ________________________ Class: ___________________ Date: __________
Earth Science Chapter 6 Section 3 Review
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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1. In Figure 6-2, what letter labels the zone of saturation?
a. E
c. C
b. B
d. D
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2. What feature is labeled C in Figure 6-2?
a. zone of aeration
b. zone of saturation
c.
d.
an aquitard
the water table
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3. Groundwater is found underground in the zone of ____.
a. aeration
c. saturation
b. soil
d. sediment
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4. Permeable rock layers or sediments that transmit groundwater freely are called ____.
a. aquifers
c. caverns
b. aquitards
d. springs
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5. The percentage of the total volume of rock or sediment that consists of pore spaces is called ____.
a. permeability
c. the zone of saturation
b. an aquifer
d. porosity
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ID: A
Name: ________________________
ID: A
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6. Springs form where ____.
a. there is no water table
b. flooding makes streams overflow their banks
c. groundwater sinks into the soil
d. the water table intersects the ground surface
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7. When groundwater enters underground fractures or caverns in hot igneous rocks, where it is heated to boiling
temperatures, what feature can form?
a. spring
c. aquitard
b. geyser
d. sinkhole
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8. Which of the following is NOT a major source of groundwater pollution?
a. sewage
c. pesticides
b. compost
d. industrial chemicals
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9. Any formation in which groundwater rises on its own under pressure is a(n) ____.
a. aquifer
c. cone of depression
b. artesian well
d. hot spring
____ 10. A cavern is an underground chamber formed by ____.
a. erosion
c. evaporation
b. deposition
d. runoff
____ 11. Which of the following statements is true about stalactites?
a. They hang from the ceiling of a cavern.
b. They grow up from the floor of a cavern.
c. They are the same as stalagmites.
d. They either hang from the ceiling or grow up from the floor of a cavern.
____ 12. Caverns most commonly form in what type of bedrock?
a. granite
c. limestone
b. sandstone
d. shale
____ 13. Which type of rock usually underlies a karst landscape?
a. limestone
c. basalt
b. granite
d. shale
____ 14. Sinkholes can form when ____.
a. rainwater containing carbon dioxide dissolves underground rock
b. minerals dripping from a cavern ceiling form stone pendants
c. streams drop sediment as they enter lakes
d. the water table rises due to flooding
____ 15. Which of the following is associated with areas of karst topography?
a. sinkholes
c. caverns
b. sinking streams
d. all of the above
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Name: ________________________
ID: A
Completion
Complete each statement.
16. The upper limit of the zone of saturation is called the ____________________.
17. An intermittent hot spring in which a column of water shoots up with great force at various intervals is a(n)
____________________.
18. Groundwater ____________________ can be caused by leaking septic systems, leaking landfills, and
agricultural chemicals.
19. Landscapes that have been shaped largely by the dissolving power of groundwater are said to have
____________________.
Short Answer: ON THE TEST, you will have to complete TWO SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS from ALL of the
short answer questions that appear in the chapter.
20. Where do springs form, with respect to the water table?
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ID: A
Earth Science Chapter 6 Section 3 Review
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16. ANS: water table
PTS: 1
17. ANS: geyser
DIF: L1
OBJ: 6.11
PTS: 1
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contamination
pollution
DIF: L1
OBJ: 6.12
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
19. ANS: karst topography
OBJ: 6.13
PTS: 1
DIF: L1
OBJ: 6.15
SHORT ANSWER
20. ANS:
Springs form where the water table intersects with the ground surface.
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DIF: L1
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