Water Vocabulary Quiz

Contamination of Earth's land, water or air.

• Pollution

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Reservoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

The area of permeable rock or soil in which the cracks are totally filled with water.

• Aquifer

• Saturated Zone

• Unsaturated Zone

• Eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The land area that supplies water to a river system.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A lake that stores water for human use.

• Watershed

• Aquifer

• Reservoir

• Tributary

The layer of rocks and soil above the water in which the pores contain air, also called the zone of aeration ​ (a)   ​

• Unsaturated Zone
• Saturated Zone
• Tributary
• Water Table

A stream or river that flows into a larger river.

• Aquifer

• Tributary

• Watershed

• Reservoir

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The build up over time of nutrients in freshwater lakes and ponds that leads to an increase in the growth of algae.

• Reservoir

• Tributary

• Eutrophication

• Sewage

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The water and human wastes that are washed down sinks, toilets and showers.

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil rock layers.

• Eutrophication

• Sewage

• Groundwater

• Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1