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(pageg 68-74)
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This section explains how water gets underground from the surface and how
underground water is stored in rock layers. The section also describes how
underground water gets back to the surface.
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1. Precipitation that soaks into the ground trickles downward due to
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3. permeable
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c. Space between rock and soil particles
d. Does not let water pass through
e. Layer above the water table
f..Top of the saturated zone
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8. In the drawing, label the water table and the saturated and unsaturated
zones.
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9. Any underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water is called
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11. Is the following sentence true or false? The depth of the water table is
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12. Circle the letter of the choice that best explains how to get water from
an aquifer with a well.
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By drilling through impermeable rock
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14. A well in which water rises because of pressure within an aquifer is
called a(n)
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15. Places where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock are
called _...k=====::=-;16. A type of hot spring from which the-water bursts periodically into the
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