Nature Unhooked Chapter 2 Vocabulary

A layer of rock that is filled with tiny holes through which water moves and collects

• aquifer

• confluence

• gravity

• impermeable surface

• tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A stream that flows into a larger body of water

• aquifer

• confluence

• gravity

• impermeable surface

• tributary

The force that attracts matter to other matter

• aquifer

• confluence

• gravity

• impermeable surface

• tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS2-5

The place where two or more rivers or streams meet.

• aquifer

• confluence

• gravity

• impermeable surface

• tributary

A surface such as rock or pavement that doesn't allow water to soak in

• aquifer

• confluence

• gravity

• impermeable surface

• tributary

A measurement of how clear or unclear a liquid is

• turbidity

• watershed

• runoff

• water cycle

• stomata

An area of land that drains into a body of water

• turbidity

• watershed

• runoff

• water cycle

• stomata

Microscopic openings in the leaves of a plant that allows substances to move in and out of the plant

• turbidity

• watershed

• runoff

• water cycle

• stomata

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

Water that flows over the surface of the ground instead of soaking into the ground.

• turbidity

• watershed

• runoff

• water cycle

• stomata

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The movement of water among the Earth's water bodies, atmosphere, land and living things

• turbidity

• watershed

• runoff

• water cycle

• stomata

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4