Groundwater

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Across
  1. 2. layer of ground where all pores are filled with water
  2. 4. Wells in which water spouts out of an aquifer due to pressure from surrounding water
  3. 6. Saltwater contaminates fresh groundwater resources making them unusable.
  4. 8. material that water can not pass through
  5. 9. region with caves, sinkholes, etc.
  6. 10. a hole dug to reach the water table; water must be pumped to surface
  7. 12. contour of the land
  8. 14. causes rock to weaken and weather
  9. 15. Percentage of
  10. 17. rate at which water passes through pore spaces
  11. 19. example of material that water can not pass through
  12. 20. between water table and earth's surface
Down
  1. 1. water with large amounts of minerals
  2. 3. form when water table is too low
  3. 5. Water that seeps down into soil
  4. 6. water with few dissolved minerals
  5. 7. a body of rock through which water flows or is stored
  6. 11. Spaces between soil particles
  7. 13. upper surface of saturation zone
  8. 16. groundwater that flows naturally to the earth’s surface
  9. 18. spaces in a rock