Watersheds & Human Impact Vocab & Ques

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What is a watershed?

Back

Land that water flows over and through.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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What is surface water?

Back

The water that fills lakes and rivers.

Front

What happens during a heavy rainstorm from a wastewater treatment plant?

Back

Polluted runoff into nearby ponds.

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Front

What is runoff?

Back

Water from precipitation that drains into a gully and flows into a stream.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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How do human activities affect groundwater?

Back

Pollutants from the activities percolate through the soil and enter the water table.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Front

What is groundwater?

Back

Water that is found underground in soil and rock layers.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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What is the water table?

Back

The upper surface of the saturated zone of groundwater.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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What is the saturated zone?

Back

The area where all the spaces in the soil and rock are filled with water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Front

What is pollution?

Back

The introduction of harmful substances into the environment.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Front

What is an aquifer?

Back

A geological formation that can store and transmit groundwater.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1