Science Water & Ecoregions Test Review

What is the water that collects in cracks and pores underground?

• Groundwater

• Runoff

• Surface Water

• Water Table

What is the flow of water over the earth's surface?

• Groundwater

• Runoff

• Surface Water

• Watershed

What water that collects on the surface of the ground?

• Groundwater

• Runoff

• Surface Water

• Aquifer

What allows water to flow through it?

• Aquifer

• Watershed

• Water Table

• Permeable

What is the top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all open spaces?

• Permeable

• Water Table

• Watershed

• Aquifer

What is an are of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of water?

• Permeable

• Water Table

• Watershed

• Aquifer

What is a layer of permeable rock that holds and filters water?

• Permeable

• Water Table

• Watershed

• Aquifer

What is moving in the direction in which a stream or river flows?

• Downstream

• Tributary

• Percolation

• Upstream

What is filtering?

• Downstream

• Tributary

• Percolation

• Upstream

What is a river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake?

• Downstream

• Tributary

• Percolation

• Upstream