Texas Ecoregions, Ground and Surface Water

Which of the following materials would MOST likely be found in an aquitard?

Why do we filter or purify our water?

Water that is found beneath the surface of the Earth is called?

What do we call the material that gets carried down a flowing river?

Which of the following is an example of erosion?

Which of the following is NOT an origin of groundwater?

A fast flowing river will have less or more deposition along the river banks?

Which of the following Texas regions has the most rainfall?

Flooding happens a lot in Texas because?

In the lab experiment which material was the least permeable?

A lot of construction in a rural area may lead to flooding because?

An aquitard is impermeable or permeable?

The water that flow off the lands surface and often can cause a flood is called?

Which of the following is NOT critical to keeping a water shed full of clean, healthy water?

Which of the following is NOT an example of deposition?

Fertilizer can cause contamination if it enters the water supply by runoff from farms?

Which climate type is most likely to get wind erosion?

If a manufacturer buries sealed tubs of toxic material in a river, the habitat is affected by?

Which material in the layers of soil is most permeable?

What is a river system?

What is weathering?

An underground layer of rock which hold fresh, percolated water is called?

A zone completely filled with water is called?

The ability of water to slowly trickle between spaces of rock under the surface is called?

What is a tributary?

Do groundwater and surface water intereact?

The level below which the ground is completely saturated is called the

A slow flowing river will allow for sediment to ....

If fertilizer enters a healthy stream it can cause more nutrients to enter the water and...

The ability of water to be absorbed into a layer of the soil is called?

When rainwater is absorbed into the soil can we pump all of it back out?

Erosion includes all of the following except

Surface water includes all of the following EXCEPT?

Which of the following Texas regions is the hottest and driest?

Trash in a garbage waste facility is dangerous because?

If a river is blocked by a dam, what happens to the sediment?

A fast flowing river can carry heavy rocks and deposit them near the mouth of the river?

Which climate type is most like to get water erosion?

Which is an example of weathering?