Chapter 14 Worksheets
Section 1-3
14.1 While You Read: Water
in the Ground
1.
Explain the different ways groundwater can reach the surface
of the earth. Give two ways that occur naturally and two ways
that occur because of human activity.
Humans can dig into the ground until groundwater is reached,
forming an ordinary well. Wells can also be drilled into
artesian formations to make artesian wells.
Where the water table meets the surface, groundwater can flow out
as a spring. When cracks occur in the cap of an artesian
formation, artesian or fissure springs can rise through the
cracks. Groundwater can be heated deep in the Earth closer
to the surface in areas of recent volcanic activity. The heated
water may rise to the surface as a boiling hot springs or as a
geyser, or in the form of steam in a fumarole.
14.1 After You Read
Water that is stored in the
ground.
The amount of pore space
between the grains of soil
or rock.
The rate at which liquids
pass through the pore
spaces of rock.
Type of rock or soil,
climate, topography,
vegetation, land use,
whether land is saturated.
Particle shape and sorting
Grain size, whether or not
pores are connected,
presence or absence of
capillary water.
14.2
Conserving
Groundwater
Water table
deficit
subsidence
ponds
salt water
seeps into aquifer
Structures
replenishing
supplies
pumped
underground
14.3 Groundwater and
Geology
Complete the graphic organizer below with the correct terms from
the list: cavern, karst topography, mineral spring, mineral
deposits, Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Mammoth Cave region of
Kentucky, geyserite, stalagmites and stalactites
Karst topography, Mammoth Cave region of Kentucky
Mineral spring, Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Mineral deposits, geyserite
Cavern, stalagmites and stalactites
14.3 After You Read
Identify some features you would find in
an area that has karst topography.
Sinkholes, sinkhole ponds, lost river,
underground drainage