Freshwater Test Review

What do you call water that flows over Earth's surface?

• groundwater

• surface water

• aquifer

• divides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In this type of flow water moves quickly and in circular paths?

• Straight Flow

• Choppy Flow

• Turbulent Flow

• Laminar Flow

Water that is stored beneath the surface of the Earth.

• surface water

• ground water

• aquifer

• divides

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What do you call a body of water that flows within a channel?

• stream

• lake

• ocean

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

These are drilled by humans to access underground water sources.

• aquifers

• oil tanks

• wells

• springs

Tiny channels that form as water flows downhill and wears away rock and soil.

• riffle

• pool

• stream

• rill

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

These often form in low spots in a channel

• riffle

• pool

• rill

• stream

Which watershed provides NYC with its drinking water?

• Susquehanna

• Potomac

• Delaware

• Ohio

A coastal area where freshwater from a river mixes with saltwater.

• riffle

• pool

• estuary

• wetland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

These are rocky, shallow, uneven areas of a stream

• riffle

• pool

• rill

• estuary