EARTH SCiENCE HELP PLeASE!?

Question

this paper is for homework and i want a good grade on it. and i just absolutely hav no idea what the answers are! NO i am not trying to cheat, i looked through all of my notes and EVERYTHING. i dont know what they are. i am a straight A student except a B in earth science. i just dont get it. please help me with some of these questions...? you can answer 1 question or all of them. any help is GREATLY APPRECIATED!

1. which material would you expect to have the lowest permeability?

a. gravel

b. silt.

c. sand

d. sandstone

2. hillside springs occur on a hillside where the water table meets the

a. spring

b. surface

c. aquifier

d. fumarole

3. water may pass through granite because granite may have

a. cracks and fissures

b. a high amount of pore space

c. pores that are interconnected

d. a large quantity of calcite

4. the distance between the ground surface and the water table is likely to be greatest in

a. swamps

b. forests

c. desert regions

d. farmland

Answer 1

(1)Silt

(2)Surface

(3)Cracks and fissures

(4)Desert regions(c)

thnks

Answer 2

abac

Answer 3

with the first one, you have to think about what permeability is: it means being able to absorb things, or let things through it's barrier. does sand change when water is added?

yes, sandcastles

does silt? yes, it dries out when water is gone.

sandstone-it is made of sand. so assume it would be

that leaves gravel!

i would help with the rest, but i am not confident of the answers