Aquifer travels quiz 2

How much have you learned?

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* 1. What could help prevent sinkholes caused by human activities?

Practicing water conservation

Planting more trees

Driving smaller cars

Picking up litter

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* 2. It can take 20 to 50,000 years for water to flow from the recharge area to your faucet. What is a recharge area?

The place where your water tank is filled.

The place where water seeps into the ground and flows back into the aquifer.

The place water is stored.

The place where water flows back to the earth's surface.

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* 3. What is water below the earth's surface called?

Distilled water

Surface water

Groundwater

Lake water

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* 4. The following are important facts about aquifers. Which is NOT a fact about aquifers?

They are sand, clay and gravel layers that hold water.

Water in an aquifer can travel quickly or very slowly, depending on the soils or rocks it passes through.

Some scientists collect information about water.

Aquifers are the main source of drinking water in Florida.

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* 5. What is percolation?

It is the slow, downward movement of water in the ground.

It is the bubbling up of water into a spring.

It is the term for the rate at which water flows from one place to another in the aquifer.

It is the process of water raining or falling on the ground.

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* 6. It is important to protect our groundwater from pollution. Which area is least likely to be polluted by human activities?

Surficial aquifer

A deep area of the Floridan aquifer

A recharge area

Biscayne aquifer

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* 7. Above and below the Floridan aquifer are various layers of water called zones. What kind of water is found in these layers?

Muddy and clean water

Hot and cold water

Fresh and salt water

Clear and brown water

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* 8. Sand and gravel can trap small particles and bacteria as water passes through them. What does this do to the water?

Stores more water

Lets water move through these layers rapidly

Holds back floods

It helps to filter or clean the water

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* 9. What are springs?

Places where the earth is cracked and crumbling.

Places where groundwater flows to the surface naturally.

Places where pumps are needed to get the water to the surface.

Places where water is pressurized.

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* 10. Wells are used to get groundwater to the earth's surface, and methods vary around the world. Which of the following is a method used?

Electric pumps

Hand pumps

Crank and bucket

All of the above