Freshwater

If rock has a high porosity then it has lots of space between the rock.

• True

• False

How could groundwater subsidence occur?

• If we don't check bedrock.

• If we conserve water.

• If we don't pump as much water out.

• If we use water faster than it is replenished.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What does it mean for the ground to be saturated?

• If the ground is dry.

• The ground cannot absorb any more water.

• The ground cannot take in water at all.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is a type of fresh SURFACE water?

• Aquifer

• Geyser

• Glacier

• Well

• W

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is an aquifer?

• a man made hole drilled in the ground for water consumption.

• a huge mass of ice and snow that moves slowly over land.

• a place where ground water flows out of the rocks.

• a layer of rock or sediment that can hold water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which is a type of ground water?

• Aquifer

• Well

• Geyser

• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is considered the "zone of aeration?"

• soil that is completely saturated.

• soil that has not reached

• soil that is filled with air and water.

• soil that is filled with only water.

• the boundary where both zones meet.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

What are the three most common types of wetlands?

• Aquifer, marsh, and bogs.

• marshes, bogs, and swamps.

• geysers, marshes, and natural springs.

• glaciers, bogs, and swamps.

True or false: Freshwater includes lakes, rivers, and wetlands.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Surface water is water stored beneath the ground.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1