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Question : In places, the groundwater is stored between layers of hard rock below the water table. This is known as ______.

Option 1: a well

Option 2: an aquifer

Option 3: a lake

Option 4: a pond


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Correct Answer: an aquifer


Solution : The correct answer is an aquifer .

An aquifer is an underground layer of porous rock or sediment that stores and retains groundwater levels in the soil. These are the huge storehouses of water. Aquifers are used for commercial, industrial and agricultural drinking water supply.

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