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Name Class CHAPTER SECTION 10.3 10 Date STUDY GUIDE FOR CONTENT MASTERY Groundwater Systems In your textbook, read about springs. Use each of the terms below just once to complete the passage. Geysers hot springs springs Natural discharge sites for groundwater on Earth’s surface are (1). In contrast to air temperature, groundwater is colder in the summer and warmer in the will winter. However, in some regions of the United States, (2) give off very warm or hot water.
Explosive hot springs that erupt on a regular basis are. (3) For each statement below, write true or false.
Some lakes are fed by karst springs, which are like underground rivers emerging from the ground. All springs have essentially the same temperature of water.
Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Geysers are hot springs that erupt at regular intervals. In your textbook, read about wells and confined aquifers. Use each of the terms below just once to complete the passage. Artesian well drawdown recharge well must tap into an aquifer. The difference To obtain water, a(n) (7) between the original water-table level and the water level in the pumped well is called the. In order for the water supply of the wells to be replenished, (8) the zone of satu- water from precipitation and run-off must (9) contains water that is under pressure, which ration.
A(n) (10) may cause the well water to spurt into the air. For each statement, write true or false. To produce water, a well must be drilled deep into aquicludes. It is very difficult to cause drawdown in an aquifer, no matter how many wells are tapped into the aquifer. An important artesian aquifer in the United States is the Ogallala Aquifer. Study Guide for Content Mastery Chapter 10 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe 63 Name Class CHAPTER SECTION 10.3 10 Date STUDY GUIDE FOR CONTENT MASTERY Groundwater Systems, continued In your textbook, read about threats to our water supply and protecting our water supply.
Answer the following questions. What are four common sources of groundwater pollution? What are two natural pollutants? How can salt get into freshwater supplies? Where does radon originate? For each statement below, write true or false.
Most pollution plumes spread extremely slowly, and time is available for alternate water supplies to be found. Most chemical contaminants can be removed easily from the groundwater and aquifers.
If the recharge areas of confined aquifers are polluted, then the aquifer becomes polluted, too. 64 Chapter 10 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe Study Guide for Content Mastery Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
Subsidence is caused by flooding caves. Copyright © Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Study Guide for Content Mastery Name Class CHAPTER SECTION 10 10.3 Date Name STUDY GUIDE FOR CONTENT MASTERY Class CHAPTER Groundwater Systems SECTION 10.3 10 Date STUDY GUIDE FOR CONTENT MASTERY Groundwater Systems, continued In your textbook, read about springs. Use each of the terms below just once to complete the passage. In your textbook, read about threats to our water supply and protecting our water supply. Answer the following questions.
What are four common sources of groundwater pollution? Hot springs springs sewage, industrial waste, landfills, agricultural chemicals springs Natural discharge sites for groundwater on Earth’s surface are (1). What are two natural pollutants? In contrast to air temperature, groundwater is colder in the summer and warmer in the winter. However, in some regions of the United States, (2) hot springs salt and radioactive radon gas will 16.
How can salt get into freshwater supplies? Give off very warm or hot water. Explosive hot springs that erupt on a regular basis are (3) geysers Overpumping of wells can cause underlying salt water to rise into the. Wells and contaminate the freshwater aquifer. Answer Pages Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe 17.
Where does radon originate? For each statement below, write true or false. True Radon is generated by the radioactive decay of uranium in rocks and 4. Some lakes are fed by karst springs, which are like underground rivers emerging from the ground. Sediments, especially granite and shale.
All springs have essentially the same temperature of water. Geysers are hot springs that erupt at regular intervals. For each statement below, write true or false. Subsidence is caused by flooding caves.
In your textbook, read about wells and confined aquifers. Use each of the terms below just once to complete the passage. Most pollution plumes spread extremely slowly, and time is available artesian well false 20. Most chemical contaminants can be removed easily from the true 21.
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If the recharge areas of confined aquifers are polluted, then the aquifer drawdown recharge for alternate water supplies to be found. Well groundwater and aquifers. To obtain water, a(n) (7) well must tap into an aquifer. The difference becomes polluted, too. Between the original water-table level and the water level in the pumped well is called the (8) drawdown.
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In order for the water supply of the wells to be replenished, water from precipitation and run-off must (9) ration. A(n) (10) artesian well recharge the zone of satu- contains water that is under pressure, which may cause the well water to spurt into the air. For each statement, write true or false. To produce water, a well must be drilled deep into aquicludes. It is very difficult to cause drawdown in an aquifer, no matter how true 13. An important artesian aquifer in the United States is the Ogallala Aquifer.
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Many wells are tapped into the aquifer. T235 Study Guide for Content Mastery Chapter 10 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe 63 64 Chapter 10 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the Universe Study Guide for Content Mastery.