________ is the portion of groundwater that is retained as a film on particle and rock surfaces and ...

________ is the portion of groundwater that is retained as a film on particle and rock surfaces and in tiny openings in the subsurface.
 
  A) Surface tension
  B) Infiltration
  C) Specific retention
  D) Capacity

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Q. 2 - How will the water table respond if it is a wet spring?
 
  A) Water table will rise.
  B) Water table will fall.
  C) Water table will remain the same.

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Q. 3 - Which of the following materials is most readily dissolved by water?
 
  A) Clay minerals
  B) Silica
  C) Feldspars
  D) Calcite

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Q. 4 - In what spaces or voids does most groundwater reside?
 
  A) Caves
  B) Pore spaces
  C) Fractures
  D) Pore space and fractures

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Q. 5 - Which of the following characteristics is not true of groundwater?
 
  A) Has a constant temperature year round.
  B) Rarely contains suspended sediment.
  C) Short droughts do not affect the supply.
  D) Only occurs underground as large lakes.

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Q. 6 - Which of the following is not a factor that will influence infiltration of groundwater?
 
  A) Acidity of precipitation
  B) Steepness of the slope
  C) Nature of surface material
  D) Intensity of rainfall