Science Watersheds & Human Usage Vocab Quiz

water in spaces & cracks underground

• groundwater

• aquifer

• surface water

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a layer of rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.

• groundwater

• aquifer

• surface water

• water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff.

• aquifer

• watershed

• surface water

• water table

the level below which the ground is saturated with water.

• ground water

• aquifer

• surface water

• water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

pollution that comes from many sources like yards, houses, etc.

• nonpoint source pollution

• Point Source Water Pollution

• Municipal Water Supply

• Direct Water Use

pollution that comes from a specific site like a factory

• Indirect Water Use

• nonpoint source pollution

• Direct Water Use

• Point Source Water Pollution

Land area that supplies water to a river system.

• Groundwater

• aquifer

• water table

• watershed

the science, art, or practice of cultivating the soil, producing crops, and raising livestock and in varying degrees the preparation and marketing of the resulting products

• consumption

• conservation

• agriculture

• irrigation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

the watering of land by artificial means to foster plant growth

• agriculture

• irrigation

• watershed

• direct water use

the usage of a resource (example: water, energy, etc)

• consumption

• conservation

• direct water use

• indirect water use

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4