Earth Science Chapter 6.3 Vocabulary
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 zone of saturation | the zone where all open spaces in rock or sediment are completely filled with water |
| groundwater | water underground in the zone of saturation |
| water table | the upper level of the saturated zone of groundwater |
| porosity | the volume of open spaces in rock or soil |
| permeability | a measure of a material's ability to transmit fluids |
| aquifer | rock or soil through which groundwater travels easily |
| spring | a flow of groundwater that emerges naturally at the ground surface |
| geyser | a hot spring or fountain that ejects water at various intervals |
| well | an opening bored into the zone of saturation |
| artesian well | a well in which the water naturally rises above the level of the water table |
| cavern | an underground chamber or series of chambers most commonly produced by solution activity in limestone |
| travertine | a form of limestone deposited by hot springs or as cave deposits |
| karst topography | an area that has a land surface or topography with numerous depressions called sinkholes |
| sinkhole | a depression produced in a region where soluble rock has been removed by groundwater |
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