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Does a zone of saturation form when air fills the pores in rock?
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No, a zone of saturation forms when water fills the pires in rocks
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What does groundwater mean in the water cycle?
Large Underground deposits of water underneath the earth's surface.
The force of expanding water in the cracks and pores of a rock is a example of?
Mechanical weathering
What boundary is between the zone of aeration and zone of saturation?
The zone of aeration is where there is both air and water within the pore spaces in the ground. In the zone of saturation the pore spaces are totally filled with water. The boundary between these two zones is known as the water table or phreatic surface.
What rock containing well-connected pores called?
Permeability
Which is the layer underground where there are no empty spaces for a water or air to fill in?
Impermeable Rock
What is and area of ground water collected in a layer or rock or soil?
Ground Water, which seeps into the soil and fills the cracks unerground.
What is water contained in pores of soil or rock?
Water contained in pores of soil or rock is groundwater..
What are the areas where all of the pores in the rock are filled with water?
This occurs where there is total interconnected porosity and the material in question is below the phreatic surface / water table. If the material (usually a rock or soil) allows the easy flow of water (i.e. it is permeable) then it may also be known as an aquifer.
Did corals have pores?
Yes, corals have microscopic pores called polyps that they use to capture food and expel waste. These polyps are responsible for secreting the calcium carbonate that forms the hard skeleton of coral reefs.
What is the constant variable in Rock Candy?
Saturation of sugar solution.
What does groundwater mean in the water cycle?
Large Underground deposits of water underneath the earth's surface.
What happens if the pores within the rock layers are connected?
Then fluid can travel through the rock, and the rock is said to be "permeable".
What fills spaces between particles of rock and soil?
its groundwater!
Water that fills spaces in rock and sediments is called?
groundwater
What is the saturated?
the zone in rock layers where all the pores are filled with water
When sediment fills a mold and becomes rock a blank is created?
cast
What process happens when sediment fills a mold and becomes rock?
Lithification.
