Surface Water and Groundwater

____________ are smaller streams that feed into rivers, forming river systems.

• tributaries

• mouths

• sources

• ponds

A _________ or discharge is the volume of water that flows down the stream within a given time

• stream’s flow

• stream’s flip

• stream’s flop

• stream’s fizzle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The steeper the ___________ of a stream, the faster the water will travel.

• gradient

• slope

• altitude

• depth

Rivers transport _______________________.

• sediment and dissolved materials

• gas and heat

• ice and plasma

• gas and undissolved materials

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A ___________ is the land a river system drains.

• watershed

• farm

• mountain

• valley

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Humans use water for ___________________________

• recreation

• transportation

• industry

• irrigation

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

______________ is water that is under Earth’s surface, in spaces in rocks, or in soil.

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• wet water

• subwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A ______________ is the top of the saturated area within soil.

• water table

• wet section

• clouds

• ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An _________ is a rock layer that stores groundwater.

• aquifer

• aquifor

• aquefer

• waquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

__________ is the percentage of rock composed of pore spaces

• Porosity

• Wetness

• Drip

• Solidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1