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1. When minerals become unstable in a new environment, they - - - - - -
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3. Term given to rock that will allow water to flow through it.
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6. Source of heat for geysers, hot springs, geothermal wells, etc.
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8. Term to describe rock that will not allow water to flow through it.
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11. Latin word for water.
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14. A zone in rock in which all the pore space is filled with water.
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15. Term which describes water that contains few dissolved minerals.
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16. Water that occupies the pore spaces within rock formations in the zone
of saturation.
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18. Path that water takes from the ocean to clouds, to the land, and then
back to the ocean (2 words).
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19. A funnel-shaped depression, dissolved from limestone rock.
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21. A structure in which water is forced upward by steam pressure.
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22. An underground opening created by dissolving limestone.
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25. A well drilled into the zone of aeration (2 words).
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27. Icicle-like structure of calcium carbonate that hands from the roof
of a cave.
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28. An icicle-like structure of calcium carbonate built up from the floor
of a cave.
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29. Particle of sediment between 1/16 and 2 mm in diameter.
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1. Chemical reactions are accelerated in - - - - environments.
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2. A type of well that produces water under its own pressure, without pumping
(2 words).
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4. The zone where air fills all of the possible pore spaces in the rock.
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5. Term used to describe water which contains a lot of dissolved minerals.
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7. A permeable rock formation which transmits and produces water.
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9. Dense evaporite mineral, used as an additive to drilling muds for drilling
water wells.
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10. Fine-grained layer silicate minerals which swell up in water and cause
lower permeability.
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12. The upper surface of the zone of saturation (2 words).
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13. Zone where water can enter the ground and fill an aquifer (2 "non-technical"
words).
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16. The force that causes groundwater to move through the pores in rock.
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17. A structure in which heated water flows out onto the earth's surface
(2 words).
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20. Common words for calcium carbonate.
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22. A lime structure created when a stalactite and stalagmite merge.
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23. Common term for quartz and chalcedony.
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24. Term which describes the dissolution of minerals by the passage of
groundwater.
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26. A drill hole sunken into an aquifer for the purpose of extracting groundwater.
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