2 18. Which of the following combinations make for the best groundwater reservoir? a. low permeability...

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2 18. Which of the following combinations make for the best groundwater reservoir? a. low permeability and low porosity b. low permeability and high porosity c. high permeability and low porosity d. high permeability and high porosity 19. The percentage of a rock's total volume taken up by pore space is called: b. recharge c. aquifer a. permeability. 20. The groundwater table lies a. at the top of the unsaturated zone b. at the top of the saturated zone c. at the base of the saturated zone d. at sea level 21. What is the process by which water enters the small pore spaces between particles of soil or rock? b. infiltration a. transpiration d. sublimation 22. Which of the following sources can contaminate an aquifer? a. landfills b. agricultural regions d. all of these 23. Stalactites and stalagmites in caves are composed of b. feldspar a. quartz c. calcite c. precipitation d. porosity c. gas stations d. halite 2 18. Which of the following combinations make for the best groundwater reservoir? a. low permeability and low porosity b. low permeability and high porosity c. high permeability and low porosity d. high permeability and high porosity 19. The percentage of a rock's total volume taken up by pore space is called: b. recharge c. aquifer a. permeability. 20. The groundwater table lies a. at the top of the unsaturated zone b. at the top of the saturated zone c. at the base of the saturated zone d. at sea level 21. What is the process by which water enters the small pore spaces between particles of soil or rock? b. infiltration a. transpiration d. sublimation 22. Which of the following sources can contaminate an aquifer? a. landfills b. agricultural regions d. all of these 23. Stalactites and stalagmites in caves are composed of b. feldspar a. quartz c. calcite c. precipitation d. porosity c. gas stations d. halite

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