Surface Water

Lakes can disappear due to

• condensation

• transpiration

• eutrophication

• photosynthesis

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river are its

• watersheds

• tributaries

• divides

• reservoirs

A stream that flows into two different rivers is part of two

• reservoirs

• tributaries

• divides

• watersheds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Compared to lakes, ponds are usually

• larger

• deeper

• shadier

• shallower

Water occurring in a stream, lake, river, reservoir, estuary, wetland or the ocean.

• Waterhsed

• Drainage Divide

• Surface Water

• Ground Water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a watershed?

• A storage area for purified water.

• An area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet.

• A type of water treatment facility.

• The area of water reserved for industrial use.

All of the following except which would cause surface runoff to decrease in a particular location?

• Covering a dirt road with pavement

• Reducing the gradient of a steep hill

• Planting grasses and shrubs on a hillside

• Having a decrease in the annual rainfall

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Though it occurs naturally, human activities can increase

• tributaries

• eutrophication

• watersheds

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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When a lake is created by building a dam , the lake is called a

• watershed

• divide

• reservoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river and all the streams and smaller rivers that flow into it together makeup a

• tributary

• water shed

• river system

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4