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CLEMSON GEOLOGY 1010 EXAM 4 QUESTIONS
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WITH CORRECT ANSWERS 2025
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Groundwater: hhwhy hhshould hhwe hhcare? hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
YOU hhMUST hhhave hhthis hhresource hhto hhsurvive



hydrologic hhcycle hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-ocean hh= hhbiggest hhreservoir hh(1,000,000

units) hh2nd hhlargest hh= hhglacier hh(26000 hhunits)
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3rd hhlargestE= hhground hhwater hh(15000 hhunits)



runoff hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
water hhthat hhruns hhacross hhthe hhlandscape hhand hheventually hhends hhup hhin hha hhriver hhor hhstream hhand
hhcontinuesEt hho hhmove hhdownstream




infiltration hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-water hhsoaks hhINTO hhground, hhbecomes hhpart hhof hhground hhwater
hhsupply




porosity hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
The hhpercentage hhof hhthe hhtotal hhvolume hhof hha hhrock hhor hhsediment hhthat hhconsists hhof hhopen hhspaces



Types hhof hhpores hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-Intergranular hhPores

hh Fractures

Vugs



Intergranular hhPores hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-"between hhgrains"

hh open hhspaces hhin hhbetween hhparticles

-MOST hhgroundwater hhis hhstored hhhere



Fractures hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
rocks hhhave hhlots hhof hhcracks, hhthey hhcan hhbe hhpathways hhfor hhwater hhor hhwater hhcan hhbuild hhup hhin hhthem

,vugs hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-opening hhin hhthe hhrock, hhlike hha hhbig hhhole

-*caves hhare hhbasically hhbig hhvugs*

-not hhvery hhcommon



Well hhsorted hh= hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-high hhporosity



poorly hhsorted hh= hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-low hhporosity



cementation hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
natural hhcement hhto hhglue hhthe hhparticles hhtogether, hhfilling hhin hhall hhthe hhlittle hhcracks

-more hhcement hh= hhless hhporosity



permeability hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
whether hhor hhnot hhthe hhmaterial hhlets hhwater hhthrough, hhhow hheasy hhwater hhwill hhflow hhthrough
hhmaterial




Water hhTable hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-the hhlevel hhwhere hhyou hhgo hhfrom hhsaturated hhto hhunsaturated



Aquifer hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-any hhlayer hhof hhmaterial hhthat hhcontains hha hhusable hhwater hhsupply

-below hhthe hhwater hhtable

-recover hhfor hhhuman hhuse hhvia hhwells



types hhof hhaquifers hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-unconfined

confined
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perched

,unconfined hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
there hhis hhnothing hhabove hhyour hhaquifer hhthat hhis hhgoingEto hhrestrict hhthe hhwater



aquitard hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-confining hhlayer hhbelow hhthe hhunconfined hhaquifer, hhvery
hhimpermeable




confined hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
aquitard hhabove hhand hhbelow hh("sandwiched"), hhmakes hhit hhcomplicated hhbc hhwater hhcant hhsoak hhdown
hhinto hha hhquifer hhto hhreplenish




artesian hhwell hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
the hhidea hhthat hhthe hhwater hhpressure hhin hhthe hhconfined hhaquifer hhwill hhpush hhthe hhwater hhup hhfor hhyou

-you hhneed hhthe hhwater hhtable hhto hhbe hhshoved hhup hhinto hha hhhillside/elevated hh--> hhcreates hha hhton hhof
hhpressure




Perched hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-smaller hhones hhthat hhdevelop hhin hha hhhillside

-impervious hhlayer hhhalfway hhdown hhthe hhhill, hhso hhwater hhgets hhstuck hhon hhtop

-relatively hhsmall, hhpretty hhadvantageous hhbc hhit hhgives hhyou hha hhsecond hhwater hhsource



Recharge hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-how hhmuch hhwater hhflows hhback hhinto hhthe hhaquifer



Discharge hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-how hhmuch hhwater hhflows hhout hhof hhthe hhaquifer, hhpumping hhor
hhflowing




if hhrecharge hh> hhdischarge hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-water hhtable hhrises



overdrafting hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-losing hhwater hhsupply, hhtaking hhout hha hhlot,hhnot hhenough hhback hhin



if hhrecharge hh< hhdischarge hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-overdrafting

, cone hhof hhdepression hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
depressing hhlevel hhof hhwater hhtable hharound hhthe hhwell hhdue hhto hhfast hhpumping

-when hhthe hhtip hhof hhthe hhcone hhgets hhbelow hhthe hhwell, hhit hhwon't hhwork hhanymore

-pumping hhat hha hhslower hhrate hhwill hhfix hhthis hhissue



subsidence hh-ECORRECT hhANSWER hh-
groundsinking hhabove hhaquifer, hhsediments hhtrickle hhdown hhinto hhpore hhspace, hhblocks hhwater

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almost hhimpossible hhto hhreverse hhthe hhproblem hhbchhporosity hhis hhgone hhand hhwater hhcan hhno hhlonger
hhinfiltrate hht hhhe hhwell




salinity hhcontamination hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-salt hhwater hhcontamination hhin hhaquifer

-the hhmore hhyou hhpump hhfrom hhthe hhaquifer, hhthe hhmore hhsalt hhcan hhget hhin



desalinization hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
process hhfor hhsucking hhsalt hhback hhout hhof hhwater, hhtreating hhit, hhand hhthen hhfiltering hh(COSTLY!!!)



Ground hhwater hhmovement hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-
typically hhmoves hhvery hhslowly hh(sometimes hhmeasure hhin hhcm hhper hhday)

-good: hhwater hhdoesn't hhrapidly hhflow hhaway hhfrom hhyour

well hhbad: hhif hhcontaminated, hhit'll hhbe hhthere hhfor hha
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hh while



groundwater hhcarries hhdissolved hhsubstances hh- hhCORRECT hhANSWER hh-CO2 hhand hhSO2



-these hhdissolve hhcarbonate hhrocks

-causes hha hhlot hhof hhsink hhholes