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This activity contains 10 questions.

	__________ is/are the largest potential freshwater source(s) in the hydrologic cycle.   Groundwater Lakes Streams Glacial ice

	________ is defined as the penetration of water into the soil surface and subsurface.   Infiltration Percolation Transpiration Capillary action Interception

	__________ is inaccessible to plants because it is tightly bound to each soil particle.   Hygroscopic water Capillary water Gravitational water Overland flow

	A well that brings water to the surface under its own pressure is called a/an __________.   potentiometric well porous well aquametric well artesian well permeable well

	A/an __________ forms as a result of excessive drawdown and the lowering of the water table around a well.   artesian spring saturated zone cone of depression effluent stream lysimetric drop

	After excess water drains from the larger pore spaces, the soil is said to be at __________.   maximum porosity capillary deficit the wilting point field capacity minimum permeability

	__________ streams are characteristic of dry regions where the water table is generally lower than the streambed.   Influent Artesian Overland Perennial Effluent

	The High Plains Aquifer has been pumped extensively and primarily for __________.   agricultural use industrial use mineral resource extraction livestock urban development

	Waste dilution, wildlife preservation, and hydroelectric power production are all examples of __________ uses of water.   contaminated offstream consumptive instream

	On a worldwide basis, the majority of water withdrawal occurs for __________ use.   urban agricultural industrial domestic recreational

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