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2 GroundwaterNameClassDateSTUDY guide FOR content MASTERYCHAPTER10 Copyright Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, and Storage of Groundwater , continuedIn your textbook, read about the zone of saturation and Groundwater the terms below to label the of saturationzone of aerationwater tableMatch the definition in Column A with the term in Column AColumn below Earth s surface at which Groundwater completely fills all the pores of a material layers through which Groundwater flows boundary of the zone of saturation of a material to let water pass through it found in the zone of saturation below the surface, but above the zone ofsaturation, where materials are moist Answer the following is gravitational water? is capillary water? does the depth of the water table differ in stream valleys, swampy areas, and hilltops?

3 Of of saturation60 CHAPTER 10 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseStudy guide for content Master ySTUDY guide FOR content Glencoe/McGraw-Hill, a division of the McGraw-Hill Companies, guide for content Master yAnswer PagesEarth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the and Storage of Groundwater , continuedIn your textbook, read about the zone of saturation and Groundwater the terms below to label the of saturationzone of aerationwater tableMatch the definition in Column A with the term in Column AColumn below Earth s surface at which Groundwater completely fills all the pores of a material layers through which Groundwater flows boundary of the zone of saturation of a material to let water pass through it found in the zone of saturation below the surface, but above the zone ofsaturation, where materials are moist Answer the following is gravitational water?

4 Gravitational water is water that trickles downward because of the force of is capillary water?Capillary water is water that is drawn upward from the water table and held in the pore spaces because of surface does the depth of the water table differ in stream valleys, swampy areas, and hilltops?In stream valleys, Groundwater is close to Earth s surface, and the water table is just a few meters deep. In swampy areas, the water table is almost at Earth s surface. On hilltops, the water table can be tens to hundreds of meters or more beneath the of of saturationf60 CHAPTER 10 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the UniverseStudy guide for content Master ySTUDY guide FOR content of of saturationStudy guide for content Master yChapter 10 Earth Science: Geology, the Environment, and the and Storage of GroundwaterIn your textbook, read about the hydrosphere, precipitation and Groundwater , and Groundwater the following terms to complete the ice capsporosityprecipitationwater vaporweather 97 percent of the is contained in the and glaciers hold about 90 percent of Earth a very small amount of all of Earth s liquid iscontained in rivers, streams, and evaporates from seawater and forms invisible andvisible winds and move the atmospheric water all over , mostly in the form of rain and snow, falls into the oceansand on the that falls on land enters the ground through the process ofand becomes openings in subsurface Earth materials are pores, and the percentage of porespace in a material is its.

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