Exam 16: A Hidden Reserve: Groundwater

A body of permeable,saturated rock or sediment into which water can percolate directly from the ground surface is termed a(n)____________.

In unfractured rock and sediment,water molecules usually take a ____________.

Which factor listed here would not affect the flow of water at a spring?

An aquifer that is isolated from Earth's surface by an aquitard is ____________.

Rock or sediment between the water table and the land surface represents a(n)____________.

Land subsidence is likely when ____________.

Material through which water readily flows is termed ____________.

Topography dominated by depressions formed by the collapse of caves is termed ____________.

The rate of groundwater flow per unit area through a body of rock or sediment depends ____________.

Groundwater ____________.

Which of the following is not evidence for karst topography?

Neither methane nor hydrogen sulfide are naturally-occurring in well-water.

A well-sorted sediment will have ____________ porosity than a poorly sorted sediment.

Extensive pumping of fresh groundwater from wells near a seacoast is most likely to induce ____________.

Perched water tables occur ____________.

Unconsolidated sediment typically has greater porosity than lithified rock which it forms.

In the figure below,the flecked material to the right of the fault would be considered a(n)____________.

Besides its immense size,what else is unusual about Carlsbad Caverns in southeastern New Mexico?

Freshwater lakes are always discharge areas.

If the cross-section shown here were typical of the main channel of a long river,would you expect the river to dry up as you followed it downstream?