Question

____________ occurs when water is removed from an aquifer faster than it is replenished, resulting in a lowering of the surface elevation. Group of answer choices

Subsidence
Subletting
Subcutaneous injection
Subsidizing

Answer 1

The s answer is subsidence

Answer 2

Subsidence

Step-by-step explanation:

• Subsidence is the settling or lowering down of the earth surface due to geological or human-activities. It occurs because of underground material movement such as removal of water, oil, natural gas or mineral resources out of the ground by pumping, fracking or mining processes.

• Natural events of subsidence include earthquake, soil compaction, erosion, sinkhole formation, glacial adjustment and loess deposits.