6.1 L2 Vocabulary

When water drains down into the ground/soil.

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• Infiltration

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.

• Groundwater

• Groundwater Movement

• Surface Water

• Watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The source of energy that causes water to move (for example… gravity)

• Reservoir

• Elevation

• Gravity

• Energy Driver

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water located on the surface of the earth such as lakes and streams.

• Energy Driver

• Surface Water

• Runoff

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The movement of groundwater, which occurs very slowly.

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• Groundwater Movement

• Infiltration

Water that drains over the surface of the earth after falling as precipitation.

• Runoff

• Elevation

• Groundwater

• Infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Height above or below a given location (sea level).

• Gravity

• Watershed

• Elevation

• Water System

The force that pulls things towards the earth.

• Elevation

• Gravity

• Water System

• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-PS2-4

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An area of higher elevation land that dictates where surface water and groundwater drain.

• Watershed

• Water System

• Elevation

• Precipitation

Water that falls to the ground in the form of rain, snow, sleet, etc.

• Infiltration

• Groundwater

• Runoff

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4