Water Movement

The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.

• Watershed

• Source

• Confluence

• Tributary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which stage does the show in the diagram?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• run off

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which stage does the arrow below show in the diagram?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• run off

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• glacier

• well

• aquifer

• natural spring

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What marks the boundary between two drainage basins?

• A fence

• A river

• A watershed

• A confluence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is "plants sweating"?

• Regulation

• Percolation

• Occupation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Floodplains are important because they provide a place for flood water to

• go when the channel overflows 

• dissipate (reduce) energy 

• reduce in velocity

• All are correct

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

The narrow channel carved over time by the water of a stream into sediment or rock layers.

• stream channel

• rejuvenation

• lake

• eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.

• water table

• aquifer

• watershed

• river

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The _________ is where streams/rivers begin.

• Source

• Confluence

• Tributary

• Mouth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1