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Imagine you are a geologist studying water resources. What would you call an underground area of rock and soil that is soaked with water?
An aquifer
A marsh
A river
A well
Which of the following is not part of Earth’s surface water?
wetlands
rivers
aquifers
lakes
What best describes the formation of aquifers?
Artificial bodies of water created by constructing barriers in rivers.
Areas where water is unable to seep into the ground.
Water that permeates through soil or rock and accumulates in permeable layers underground.
Deposits of water on the surface that are gradually absorbed into the ground, forming new water layers.
If more water is removed from the aquifer, then ____ can occur.
Water supplies
Water pollution
Water scarcity / water shortage
An aquifer
This aquifer is bounded above and below by impermeable layers of rock.
unconfined aquifer
confined aquifer
well
aquitard
What describes an artesian well? Choose all that apply.
a polluted well
a well that is drilled into a confined aquifer
a well that is drilled into an unconfined aquifer
Because of pressure, water just rises up in this type of well.
Order the following steps
The Sun heats earth's water
Water warms and rises into the air as a gas
As it rises it cools down forming tiny water droplets
The cooled water droplets form clouds
Gravity causes heavy droplets to fall as rain, sleet, hail, snow
In a C.E.R model, reasoning is supposed to do what?
Reasoning explains why you think what you think.
Reasoning connects your evidence to your claim.
Reasoning connects the claim to other possible claims.
Reasoning provides facts about the claim. Things that are observed.
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