Scope 2: Water Sources Vocabulary

The layer of gas that surrounds planet Earth that is held in place by gravity

• ocean

• lake

• atmosphere

• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

Areas where standing water covers the soil or where the ground is very wet

• wetlands

• stream

• ocean

• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Water found in rivers, lakes, glaciers, and ice sheets and underground that contains low concentrations of salt

• salt water

• fresh water

• tap water

• filtered water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The entire body of salt water that covers about 71% of Earth

• glacier

• river

• lake

• ocean

A large body of water that is still and surrounded

by land

• ocean

• glacier

• lake

• mountain

A small body of fresh water that flows into a river

• river

• stream

• ocean

• lake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A large, slow-moving, long-lasting accumulation of snow and ice that develops on land

• lake

• stream

• atmosphere

• glacier

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4