Freshwater Vocabulary Quiz

All water on Earth's surface

• Hydrosphere

• Geosphere

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that humans can drink

• Potable water

• Safe water

• Nonpotable water

Water that humans cannot drink but is okay for other uses like watering plants and washing clothes

• Potable water

• Safe water

• Non Potable water

Water that humans should not use for drinking or other uses

• Potable Water

• Non Potable Water

• Safe Water

A measure of how clean and healthy water is for living things

• Water quality

• Turbidity

• pH

• Nitrates

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

When a liquid turns into a gas or water vapor

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Water soaking into the ground from the surface

• Infiltration

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that is found underground in soil, sand or rock

• Groundwater

• Well

• Aquifer

• Infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A body of rock and/or sediment that holds groundwater

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Well

• Impermeable rock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Portion of land drained by a river and its tributaries

• River Basin

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Headwaters