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