Geology Review Jeopardy Terminology The Water Table Cause & Effect $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500

1 - $100 When groundwater is pumped from the ground the water level declines near the well, this is known as the Cone of Depression

1 - $200 The boundary between the saturated zone and the unsaturated zone is called the __________. Water table

1 - $300 The infiltration of water into the subsurface is the _______. recharge

1 - $400 ________ is an underground layer of permeable rock or unconsolidated materials from which groundwater can be extracted. An aquifer

1 - $500 _________ is typically due to changes in subsurface pressure due to removal of fluids and has resulted in changes in elevation of the land surface in many areas where oil and groundwater have been pumped excessively from the ground. subsidence

2 - $100 The dotted line is: The water table

2 - $200 Region A is the _____________ Vadose Zone

2 - $300 Region B is the _____________ Zone of Saturation

2 - $400 The rate of groundwater flow is proportional to the the hydraulic gradient and hydraulic conductivity

2 - $500 If multiple wells are drawing from the same aquifer, water in the aquifer will ________. move downward and toward the well drawing the most water

3 - $100 A cone of depression/groundwater overdraft caused by groundwater pumping that exceeds recharge

3 - $200 Saltwater intrusion results from overpumping of groundwater near the coast.  

3 - $300 Excessive pumping in relation to recharge can cause (3 main things) the water table to decline a cone of depression the well to go dry

3 - $400 Where have large land areas have been purchased by the government because the land is caving in due to subsurface coal fires Centralia, PA

3 - $500 You find yourself living in a very rural area where everyone has water wells in a sandy aquifer. One of your neighbors also has a convenience store with some gas pumps. One day you turn on your water and get a very slight smell of petroleum. What might you be able to infer from this? Your well is drawing in some petroleum that may be leaking from the storage tanks at the store.