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| The water stored in the open spaces within underground rocks and unconsolidated material is called ______. |
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| The major source of the water stored as groundwater is ________. |
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| Groundwater is one reservoir of the _____ cycle. |
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| The percentage of open space within rock or sediment is known as its ______. |
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| The capacity of a material for transmitting fluids is known as its ______. |
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| A permeable layer that transports water is called a(n) _______. |
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| The boundary between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation is known as the ________. |
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| Within the zone of saturation, groundwater flows from the region of _______ pressure to the region of _______ pressure. |
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| One common, widespread sedimentary rock that is readily dissolved by groundwater is _______. |
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| The Leaning Tower of Pisa leans largely because of _______. |
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| An ice mass of compacted and recrystallized snow that flows under its own weight on land is called a(n) _______. |
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| The present glacial landscapes mainly formed during the Pleistocene Epoch (Last Great Ice Age), which lasted from _______ years to ______ years ago. |
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| When snow thaws and refreezes, which results in a loss of air and pore spaces, the result is ______. |
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| Glaciers move primarily by ______ flow. |
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| The two major types of glaciers are _____ and ______. |
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| Two continental glaciers on Earth today are ________ and _______. |
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| The zone of _______ is the portion of a glacier where additions exceed losses. |
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| The zone of wastage is the portion of a glacier where _____ exceed ______. |
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| Any sediment deposited as a result of glacial activity is known as glacial _____. |
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| Finely laminated, alternating light and dark layers of sediment deposited in a glacial lake are known as glacial _______. |
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| _______ moraines are the outer most end moraine. |
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| ______ moraines are the ridges of till on the side of a valley glacier. |
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| ______ moraines form when two valley glaciers merge. |
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