Watershed riddles

I flow in the oceans, lakes, and more. I travel across Earth's surface. I come from precipitation. What am I?

• runoff

• porosity

• permeability

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

I fill in the space between rocks. Rocks have more of me than sand. My home is in between sediment. What am I?

• porosity

• permeability

• watershed

• aquifer

I am a collection of water. I am lakes, rivers, and ponds. Once water rolls off of mountains, it becomes a part of me. What am I? 

• watershed

• groundwater

• permeability

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

I am underground. A well can access me. I can become polluted. What am I?

• ground water

• surface water

• watershed

• porosity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

I can make aquifers when many of us are together. I am precipitation. I slip and settle in the permeable cracks of the unsaturated zone. What am I?

• water

• permeability

• porosity

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

I am below the water table. I am completely filled with water. I am permeable. What am I?

• aquifer

• porosity

• permeability

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

I allow no passage. I cannot let any liquid get through. I am the reason you don't get wet when wearing a raincoat. What am I?

• permeability

• porosity

• watershed

• aquifer