Hydrosphere

When the clouds get too heavy and water falls back to earth

• Runoff

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water running off the land surface.

• Runoff

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Sublimation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All the land in which water flows on or under into a major river

• Runoff

• River Basin

• River System

• Tributaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Streams that flow into other streams increasing the size of the stream that it is joining

• Tributaries

• Watershed

• Aquifer

• River System

The movement of water through opening of rocks or soil.

• Sublimation

• Runoff

• Water Table

• Percolation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which material is worn away by a stream.

• Erosion

• Alluvil Fan

• Meander

• Wetland

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

All the water contained on Earth is called __________.

• the hydrosphere

• groundwater

• surface water

• the atmosphere

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Currents in the Northern Hemisphere move __________.

• counter clockwise

• any way they want to

• in a zigzag pattern

• clockwise

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

An area of land from which water drains into a water system is called a _____.

• water cycle

• solvent

• aquifer

• watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A _____ includes the body of water, the surrounding area of land, and its ecosystem.

• watershed

• water cycle

• solvent

• aquifer