Matching Pairs GroundwaterOnline version This is a memory matching game using vocabulary from our Earth and Space Science Groundwater Lesson. by Lindsay Scott 1 Geysers 2 Percolate 3 Permeable Surfaces 4 Zone of Saturation 5 Groundwater 6 Aquifer 7 Artesian Well 8 Zone of Aeration 9 Water Table 10 Impermeable Surfaces 11 Hot Springs 12 Fumaroles 13 Infiltrate 14 Porosity amount of open space in pores between sediments that can hold water or air the level below which the ground is saturated with water water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock a layer of permeable rock with high porosity that lets water move freely (also known as porous or pervious surfaces) allow water to percolate into the soil to filter out pollutants and recharge the water table filter gradually through a porous surface or substance 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 gaps between sediments are filled with both air and water where recent volcanic eruptions have occurred, groundwater released as steam from fissures in the ground (geothermal energy source) permeate (something) by filtration hot springs that intermittently shoot streams of steam and hot water into the air groundwater heated from beneath the Earth’s surface gaps between sediments are filled with water
