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