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Vocabulary Quiz
Water Erosion & Deposition Vocabulary Quiz Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| areas in which the landscape is largely shaped by dissolving action of water on carbonate bedrock forming caves, sinkholes and underground streams | karst |
| a layer of permeable rocks through which groundwater moves and is stored | aquifer |
| region of land where water flows into a specified body of water, such as a river, lake, sea or ocean | watershed |
| a large underground opening that forms when limestone dissolves | cave |
| rock or soil that allows little or no water to seep through | impermeable |
| water that runs along the surface until it reaches a body of water | runoff |
| a place where the water table is at the surface and water flows from the ground | spring |
| rock or soil with connecting pores that absorb or allow passage of water | permeable |
| a boiling spring of groundwater that erupts periodically and is driven upward by the power of steam | geyser |
| water beneath Earth's surface in underground streams and aquifers | groundwater |