Matching Pairs GroundwaterOnline version This is a memory matching game using vocabulary from our Earth and Space Science Groundwater Lesson. by Lindsay Scott 1 Permeable Surfaces 2 Infiltrate 3 Porosity 4 Hot Springs 5 Geysers 6 Fumaroles 7 Groundwater 8 Impermeable Surfaces 9 Water Table 10 Aquifer 11 Zone of Aeration 12 Percolate 13 Zone of Saturation 14 Artesian Well the level below which the ground is saturated with water where recent volcanic eruptions have occurred, groundwater released as steam from fissures in the ground (geothermal energy source) a layer of permeable rock with high porosity that lets water move freely water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock groundwater heated from beneath the Earth’s surface amount of open space in pores between sediments that can hold water or air gaps between sediments are filled with water a well that reaches a confined aquifer; the water flows due to pressure solid surfaces that don't allow water to penetrate, forcing it to run off filter gradually through a porous surface or substance permeate (something) by filtration hot springs that intermittently shoot streams of steam and hot water into the air gaps between sediments are filled with both air and water (also known as porous or pervious surfaces) allow water to percolate into the soil to filter out pollutants and recharge the water table