Earth Science questions on wells and springs?

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1. True or false? - Because water tends to have fewer minerals dissolved in it than cold water, hot springs often contain very small concentrations of minerals.

2. True or false? - Hot springs generally have temperatures at or very near the boiling point of water.

3. True or false? - Geysers tend to build deposits of the silicate mineral geyserite.

4. Groundwater is sometimes heated beneath the earths surface as it passes through areas where there has been recent :

a. Severe drought c. aquifer contamination
b. mineral deposition d. volcanic activity
 
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