Surface Water Vocabulary

Surface Water Vocabulary

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Surface Water Vocabulary

Surface Water Vocabulary

Assessment

Quiz

Science

8th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS3-2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Lisa Thompson

FREE Resource

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

Media Image

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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