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Ground Water Vocab
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Ground water | Water that is locked up IN the ground |
| Aquifer | a mass of rock that can hold a large amount of ground water and through which water can flow |
| Porosity | percentage of open spaces in rocks or sediments that will hold ground water |
| Zone of Saturation | area of rock and soil whose spaces are completely filled with ground water |
| Water table | upper boundary of a zone of saturation |
| Spring | small stream of water flowing naturally from the Earth |
| Zone of Aeration | an area of rock and soil whose spaces contain both air and water |
| Geyser | hot spring that periodically erupts |
| Karst topography | land areas that have experienced large amounts of chemical weathering by ground water |
| Cavern | a large underground chamber formed when the cracks in rocks are dissolved by ground water |
| Sinkhole | a circular depression in the ground that forms when the roof of an underground cave collapses |