Exam 12: Groundwater

Groundwater is one reservoir of the ____________________ cycle.

Within the zone of saturation, groundwater flows from the region of ____________________ pressure to the region of ____________________ pressure.

The average rate of groundwater flow is:

A very large cave or system of interconnected caves is called a(n) ____________________.

How does water move in the capillary fringe?

What causes the subsidence that sometimes accompanies groundwater use?

Groundwater will move through any rock/sediment or soil that is porous.

Why does the Leaning Tower of Pisa lean? Is it likely to lean so much it will someday fall over?

How do caves and caverns form?

Rounded depressions common in regions having limestone bedrock are known as ____________________.

Groundwater under high fluid pressure is called a(n) ____________________ system. It is confined by rock bodies called ____________________.

The capacity of a material for transmitting fluids is known as its ____________________.

Conditions needed for the development of karst topography include:

What happens to the water table in an aquifer if the amount of groundwater discharged naturally or withdrawn at wells is greater than the amount added from natural or artificial sources?

A place where groundwater flows/seeps out of the ground is a(n) ____________________.

The addition of water to the zone of saturation is known as ____________________.

The zone of saturation extends to an indefinite depth.

Hot springs that intermittently eject hot water and steam with tremendous force are known as ____________________.

In what ways are geysers and undersea hydrothermal vent sites similar?

An upward-growing projection of calcite formed from water that drips from a cave's ceiling is called a(n) ____________________.