Earth Systems Chapter 16 Vocab

5. Water / water that collects on the surface of the ground
6. Well / a well that is dug or drilled below the water table and water is pumped to the surface.
7. Table / the level below which the ground is saturated with water.
8. / a cave, or a chamber in a cave, typically a large one.
10. / the state or quality of a material or membrane that causes it to allow liquids or gases to pass through it.
11. / a mound or tapering column rising from the floor of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water and often uniting with a stalactite.
13. Bridges / rock formation where an arch has formed with an opening underneath.
15. / the quality of being porous, or full of tiny holes.
16. Springs / a spring of naturally hot water, typically heated by subterranean volcanic activity.

1. / a body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.
2. / a hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.
3. of Saturation / the area in an aquifer, below the water table, in which relatively all pores and fractures are saturated with water.
4. / water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
5. / a tapering structure hanging like an icicle from the roof of a cave, formed of calcium salts deposited by dripping water.
9. / an opening that allows air, gas, or liquid to pass out of or into a confined space.
11. / a cavity in the ground, especially in limestone bedrock, caused by water erosion and providing a route for surface water to disappear underground.
12. Well / water in a confined aquifer rises on its own due to the pressure of the water rather than pumping.
14. / a layer of hard, impervious rock overlying and often sealing in a deposit of oil, gas, or coal.