Surface Water Vocabulary

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Science
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8th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Lisa Thompson
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…
watershed
watertable
river
aquifer
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Materials carried by a stream are called its ________________
Gradient
Flow
Stream load
Watershed
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A river's __________ is the amount of water that moves through the river channel in a given amount of time.
Gradient
Divide
Movement
Flow
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS2-4
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
______________ is a measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance.
Gradient
Flow
Watershed
Discharge Zone
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
This physical feature is found along the side of a river and helps to prevent flooding of nearby areas.
natural levee
savanna
plateau
mound
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
the area of land around a river where the ground lies very low and is easily flooded
floodplain
delta
confluence
bank
Tags
NGSS.MS-ESS3-2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 5 pts
a smaller river or stream flowing in to join or feed a larger river
tributary
estruary
actuary
wary
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