Bethel ES Chapter 17 Groundwater

Water that is safe for drinking and cooking is described as

Which of the following would NOT be considered a type of karst topography?

The water cycle not only recycles water, it also purifies it

Groundwater accounts for more than 96% of the earth's liquid water

Stalactites & stalagmites in most caves typically take hundreds of years or more to grow to a significant size

Rocks that contain many cracks or open spaces between their particles are

Groundwater is pure water

Hard water

A water supply that flows by gravity onto the ground surface from a hillside is classified as

Once water is polluted, it is very difficult to make it drinkable again

Freshwater conservation is necessary because in many places its availability is limited

located above the main water table; held in place by an impermeable layer

Many creation scientists link solution cave formation to the Genesis Flood

A layer of rock that directs groundwater from one place to another is called

the level below which the ground is saturated

Most water used today for industrial cooling

Which of the following is part of the water cycle?

The soapy water that your washing machine produces during a wash cycle is a form of this type of pollution

Solution caves may be found in

the complete route by which water moves between the atmosphere, oceans, & continents

Some water can be softened just by heating it

Which of the following does NOT belong with the other three?

Pumice is nonporous since its holes are not connected to one another

a naturally occuring open space underground or inside a mass of earth

Which of the following is an icicle-shaped formation of calcium carbonate hanging from a cave ceiling?

An aquifer is replenished from a

the ground with open spaces, unfilled with water, above the water table

water located beneath the earth's surface

The pH of groundwater near the surface is usually

the ground directly above the zone of saturation wetted by water from below

Water usage per person in the US is typical of that in the rest of the world

A curved water table caused by drawing water from a well

The most important factor that purifies waste water in a household septic leach field is

Which of the following can be used to soften hard water?

With which of the following statements would a young-earth speleologist disagree?