Name: ______________________________________ Date: __________________________ Block: ______
14.1 What is Groundwater?
LESSON REVIEW
PART A: Decide whether each type of soil described can hold a little or a lot of groundwater. Write little or a lot in the
space provided.
_____________ 1. loosely packed soil
_____________ 4. soil with particles of different sizes
_____________ 2. tightly packed soil
_____________ 5. soil with many pores
_____________ 3. soil with particles of equal size
_____________ 6. soil with few pores
PART B: Complete the following. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1. Water that collects in the spaces between rock and soil particles is called ____________________________________
2. The air spaces between rock and soil particles are called __________________________________________________
3. When pore spaces in the ground are holding as much water as they possibly can, the ground is ___________________
4. The upper level of saturated rock is called the __________________________________________________________
5. The ___________________________________ of most plants get water from the upper levels of the soil.
SKILL CHALLENGE
Skills: interpreting a diagram, predicting. Use the diagram to answer the questions.
1. Color the Zone of Saturation Blue
2. Color the Zone of Aeration Brown
3. Which letter indicates the water table? _________
4. Which letter indicates pores? _________________
5. Which letter indicates solid rock? ______________
6. Which layer is impermeable? __________________
7. Which layers are permeable? __________________
8. Can the layer just below B hold groundwater? ___________
Why or Why not?
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9. What would happen to the level of the water table if there was no rain for several months?
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10. What would happen to the level of the water table if it rained continuously for several weeks?
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Name: ______________________________________ Date: __________________________ Block: ______
14.2 What are wells and springs?
Lesson Review
PART A: Match each term in Column B with its description in Column A. Write the correct letter in
the space provided.
Column B
Column A
__________ 1. usually cold and located on hillsides
a. precipitation
__________ 2. water that comes from wells
b. groundwater
__________ 3. also known as recharge
c. artesian well
__________ 4. does not need a pump
d. spring
__________ 5. formed when spring water is near an underground heat source
e. gravity
f. cone of depression
__________ 6. Forms when water is pumped from a well
Skill Challenge
Skills: identifying, inferring
Use the diagrams to answer the questions.
Well A
Well B
1. Which well is an artesian well? ________ How can you tell?______________________________________
2. Wells must be dug below what boundary in order to get water? _____________________________________
3. Which well could contain water from miles away? _______________________________________________
4. During a period of dry weather, which well would probably dry up first? Why? ________________________
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5. The rock that sandwiches the artesian aquifer is also known as the confining layers. What does that mean?
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