Earth Science 2 questions with correct answers graded A+ 2023/2024

Earth Science 2In movie "A Civil Action" (the Woburn groundwater contamination case), children diagnosed with _____________ after their mothers drank water from two polluted wells while they were pregnant. - correct answer leukemia Two of the Woburn's eight municipal drinking water wells were contaminated with __________. - correct answer organic solvents The infiltration of water into the subsurface is the __________ . - correct answer recharge The water table is _________________________. - correct answer the top of the saturated zone in an unconfined aquifer Water become groundwater when ________________. - correct answer precipitation seeps into the the recharge zone Which of the following is an impermeable material? - correct answer clay granite The saturated zone is filled with _______________. - correct answer water A substance has a low permeability when: - correct answer Water CAN'T Flow through easily What is an aquifer? - correct answer A underground geological unit that stores water Woburn, Mass - a case of groundwater pollution with extreme consequences and several potential sources of pollution. Children diagnosed with ____________ after their mothers drank water from two polluted wells while they were pregnant. - correct answer leukemia In Woburn, geologists studied the interactions between geology and _______________ system to try to determine how these factors influenced the flow of chemicals to the wells. - correct answer groundwater flow Do confined aquifers have water tables? - correct answer False An unconfined aquifer has _____ _______ upper boundary and a confined aquifer is surrounded by _____ ______ beds. - correct answer water table, confining Which of the following reservoirs contains the most water? - correct answer groundwater The boundary between the saturated zone and the unsaturated zone is called the______ . - correct answer water table The movement of water into the subsurface is the __________ . - correct answer recharge An aquifer is: - correct answer a body of saturated rock or sediment through which water can move easily. Which material(s) would most likely form an aquifer? - correct answer sandstone, gravel the following shows an aquifer. this is a good example of: - correct answer an unconfined aquifer Which of the following(s) is/are a perennial river? - correct answer Scioto River Olentangy River Ohio River We have to maximize benefit of water being used to move towards sustainability at the High Plain aquifer area. we could achieve this by: Adapting more efficient ______ _______ technology which will reduce evaporative losses Irrigating in areas where excess water will re-enter the_______ ______ system - correct answer irrigation