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