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Groundwater
This stack mainly is about soil.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is groundwater? | The water that soaks into the soil |
| True or False? Water can pass through an impermeable material such as clay. | False |
| What is an aquifer? | Permeable layers of the soil |
| What is the aquifer made up of? | The Zone of Aeration and the Zone of Saturation |
| Where is the Zone of Aeration located? | At the top of the aquifer |
| Where is the Zone Saturation located? | Below the aquifer |
| The very top of the Zone of Saturation is what? | The water table |
| Where does karst topography form? | It develops in area underlain by carbonate rocks. |
| An asteroid or comet struck Earth 35 MYA. What major water system did the asteroid or comet create? | The Chesapeake Bay |
| True or False? Groundwater is finite. | True |