Vocab Quiz - Chapter 10, Lessons 2 & 3

What are smaller rivers and streams that run into a larger river called?

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Divide

• Reservoir

What is the land area that supplies water to a river system called?

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Divide

• Reservoir

What is a ridge of land that separates watersheds called?

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Divide

• Reservoir

What is a lake that stores water for human use called?

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Divide

• Reservoir

What is excessive richness of nutrients in a lake or other body of water called?

• Eutrophication

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Unsaturated zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What is material that allows water to pass through easily called?

• Eutrophication

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Unsaturated zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is matter that doesn’t allow water to pass through easily called?

• Eutrophication

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Unsaturated zone

What are ground areas that allow water to pass through easily?

• Eutrophication

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Unsaturated zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are ground areas where the pores in the ground are filled with water called?

• Saturated zone

• Water table

• Aquifer

• Artesian well

What is the top level of the saturated zone called?

• Saturated zone

• Water table

• Aquifer

• Artesian well