Watersheds TEKS 7.8C

It is an area of land where the surface water and ground water drain into a particular body of water; separated by other watersheds by drainage divides

• Drainage Divide

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A single identifiable and localized source of water pollution, such as wastewater discharge into a stream.

• Drainage Divide

• Non Point Source Water Pollution

• Ground Water

• Point Source Water Pollution

Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

• Ground Water

• Aquifer

• Water Table

• Zone of Aeration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A layer of permeable rock that retains and filters water

• Permeable Rock

• Water Table

• Aquifer

• Ground Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water from precipitation that flows into a stream, which flows into rivers, lakes, estuaries, reservoirs, wetlands or the ocean.

• Groundwater

• Surface Water

• Aquifer

• Subsidence

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4