Water Test

The ___________ is the movement of water between Earth's geosphere and its atmosphere.

• air

• water cycle

• precipitation

• ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Most of the water on Earth is __________.

• fresh water

• ground water

• salty water

• standing water

Most of Earth's freshwater is found ...

• in rivers

• frozen in the form of snow, glaciers, and ice caps

• in groundwater stored in cracks and spaces of soil and underground rock

• in lakes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

An underground layer of sand, gravel or rock that stores and carries water

• water table

• water cycle

• aquifer

• Infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The top of the water surface in a saturated part of an aquifer

• water table

• Water cycle

• aquifer

• Percolation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Plants giving off moisture and releasing water into the air

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Water running off the land surface

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

• Transpiration

• Run-off

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of gas changing into a liquid due to a decrease in temperature (formation of clouds)

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Run-off

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water soaks into the soil and grass

• Run-off

• Infiltration

• Evaporation

• Condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water collects in rivers, lakes and oceans

• Infiltration

• Run-off

• Accumulation

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4