Surface & Ground Water

Area of land where surface water and groundwater drains into a river system.

• Runoff

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Watershed

What is the type of water that moves underground?

• surface water

• water table

• groundwater

• watershed

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

Sand is ___________, meaning that water can pass through easily.

• Permeable
• Impermeable
• Solid
• Soft

An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

What type of sediment tends to be the most impermeable?

• sand

• clay

• silt

• rocks

What is all the water that runs off the surface of the land and washes into rivers, streams, and other waterways called?

• Runoff
• Storm Drain
• Surface Water
• Tributary

A word for water seeping into the ground is:

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Artesian

• Transpiration

High ground between two watersheds.

• Channel

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Divide

Fresh water is found where on our Earth?

• Lakes, Rivers, and Streams

• Underground

• Both A and B

• Neither A or B