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The amount of fresh water stored in glaciers is many times greater than the amount of ground water.
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True
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The saturated zone overlies the water table.
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False
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Only sandstones and gravels make good aquifers, no other rocks are useful.
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False
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Artesian wells are associated with confined aquifers.
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True
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The site selected for the disposal of high level radioactive wastes is the ocean.
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False
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Two types of glaciated terrain on the Earth's surface are alpine and valley.
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False
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The unsorted and un-layered rock debris carried or deposited by glaciers is called till.
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True
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Most of the world's glaciers have been advancing for the past century.
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False
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A U-Shaped valley (in ross section) is characteristic of glacial erosion.
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True
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Bodies of till shaped into streamlined hills are called drumlins.
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True
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The upper surface of the saturated zone is called the______.
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Water Table
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________ refers to the ability of a rock to transmit fluids.
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Permeability
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When water is pumped out of an unconfined aquifer through a well, a ______ often develops in the water table.
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Cone of depression
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_____ form when slightly acidic ground water dissolves limestone along joints and bedding planes.
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Caves
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______ are closed depressions found where land surfaces are underlain by limestone bedrock.
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Sinkholes
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