Groundwater

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Across
  1. 1. the ability of rock/sediment to let fluids pass through it open spaces or pores
  2. 7. a natural cavity in rock from dissolved limestone
  3. 9. mineral deposit around a hot spring
  4. 11. topography formed by groundwater
  5. 12. zone where pore space is completely filled with water
  6. 14. hot sticky clay bubbling to the surface
  7. 15. upper surface of underground water
  8. 17. hot groundwater rising to the surface
  9. 18. hot spring that periodically erupts
  10. 20. % of total volume of a rock/sediment that consists of open spaces
  11. 24. uncollapsed rock between sinkholes
  12. 25. means water can't flow through
Down
  1. 2. zone between water table and earth's surface
  2. 3. water beneath earth's surface
  3. 4. formation where permeable rock is sandwiched between impermeable rock
  4. 5. top layer of impermeable rock
  5. 6. cone shaped deposit hanging from the ceiling of a cave
  6. 8. cone shaped deposit rising from the cave floor
  7. 10. circular depression where the roof of an underground cavern collapses
  8. 13. brightly colored mud pot
  9. 16. rock/sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow
  10. 18. steepness of a slope
  11. 19. natural flow of groundwater to the surface where ground dips below the water table
  12. 21. zone where surface water enters an aquifer
  13. 22. a water table that exists above the main water table
  14. 23. hole dug below the water table