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Movement and Storage of Groundwater
In your textbook, read about the hydrosphere, precipitation and groundwater, and groundwater storage.
Use the following terms to complete the statements.
freshwater
hydrosphere
infiltration
polar ice caps
porosity
precipitation
water vapor
weather systems
1. About 97 percent of the
2. The
is contained in the oceans.
and glaciers hold about 90 percent of Earth’s
freshwater.
3. Only a very small amount of all of Earth’s liquid
is
contained in rivers, streams, and lakes.
4. Water evaporates from seawater and forms invisible
and
visible clouds.
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5. The winds and
move the atmospheric water all over Earth.
, mostly in the form of rain and snow, falls into the oceans
6.
and on the land.
7. Precipitation that falls on land enters the ground through the process of
and becomes groundwater.
8. Small openings in subsurface Earth materials are pores, and the percentage of pore
space in a material is its
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Movement and Storage of Groundwater, continued
In your textbook, read about the zone of saturation and groundwater movement.
Use the terms below to label the diagram.
zone of saturation
zone of aeration
water table
10.
11.
12.
Match the definition in Column A with the term in Column B.
Column A
completely fills all the pores of a material
14. Permeable layers through which groundwater flows
15. Upper boundary of the zone of saturation
16. Ability of a material to let water pass through it
17. Water found in the zone of saturation
a. aquifer
b. groundwater
c. permeability
d. water table
e. zone of aeration
f.
zone of saturation
18. Zone below the surface, but above the zone of
saturation, where materials are moist
Answer the following questions.
19. What is gravitational water?
20. What is capillary water?
21. How does the depth of the water table differ in stream valleys, swampy areas, and hilltops?
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13. Depth below Earth’s surface at which groundwater
Column B
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Movement and Storage of Groundwater, continued
In your textbook, read about the zone of saturation and groundwater movement.
Use the terms below to label the diagram.
Movement and Storage of Groundwater
zone of saturation
zone of aeration
In your textbook, read about the hydrosphere, precipitation and groundwater, and groundwater storage.
Use the following terms to complete the statements.
freshwater
hydrosphere
infiltration
polar ice caps
porosity
precipitation
water vapor
weather systems
2. The
polar ice caps
10. zone of aeration
11.
Match the definition in Column A with the term in Column B.
and glaciers hold about 90 percent of Earth’s
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Column A
3. Only a very small amount of all of Earth’s liquid
freshwater
is
4. Water evaporates from seawater and forms invisible
water vapor
and
visible clouds.
5. The winds and weather systems move the atmospheric water all over Earth.
, mostly in the form of rain and snow, falls into the oceans
a
14. Permeable layers through which groundwater flows
d
15. Upper boundary of the zone of saturation
c
16. Ability of a material to let water pass through it
b
17. Water found in the zone of saturation
e
18. Zone below the surface, but above the zone of
Column B
a. aquifer
b. groundwater
c. permeability
d. water table
e. zone of aeration
f.
zone of saturation
Answer the following questions.
7. Precipitation that falls on land enters the ground through the process of
19. What is gravitational water?
and becomes groundwater.
Gravitational water is water that trickles downward because of the force
8. Small openings in subsurface Earth materials are pores, and the percentage of pore
space in a material is its
13. Depth below Earth’s surface at which groundwater
saturation, where materials are moist
and on the land.
infiltration
f
completely fills all the pores of a material
contained in rivers, streams, and lakes.
Precipitation
water table
is contained in the oceans.
freshwater.
6.
water table
12. zone of saturation
hydrosphere
1. About 97 percent of the
Date
porosity
of gravity.
.
20. What is capillary water?
Capillary water is water that is drawn upward from the water table and
held in the pore spaces because of surface tension.
21. How does the depth of the water table differ in stream valleys, swampy areas, and hilltops?
In stream valleys, groundwater is close to Earth’s surface, and the water table is
just a few meters deep. In swampy areas, the water table is almost at Earth’s
surface. On hilltops, the water table can be tens to hundreds of meters or more
beneath the surface.
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