GEOLOGY

EARTH SCIENCE

GROUNDWATER

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A hot spring in which water intermittently boils, sending a tall column of water and steam into the air.
A
geyser
B
artesian well
C
spring
D
hot spring
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -A geyser is a rare kind of hot spring that is under pressure and erupts, sending jets of water and steam into the air. Geysers are made from a tube-like hole in the Earth’s surface that runs deep into the crust.

Detailed explanation-2: -A geyser is a hot spring characterized by intermittent, turbulent discharges of boiling water and steam.

Detailed explanation-3: -a hot spring that intermittently sends up fountainlike jets of water and steam into the air.

Detailed explanation-4: -Hot springs: Pools of hydrothermally heated water. Geysers: Hot springs with constrictions in their plumbing, which causes them to periodically erupt to release the pressure that builds up. Mudpots: Hot springs that are acidic enough to dissolve the surrounding rock, and typically also lack water in their systems.

Detailed explanation-5: -Geysers are a type of hot spring that jet out a column of boiling water up to several hundred meters in height at frequent intervals.

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