7th Grade - Unit 2 - Lesson 4 - Surface water and Groundwater

A measure of a change in elevation over a certain distance is called

• porosity

• gradient

• permeability

• recharge zone

• discharge zone

An area where groundwater becomes surface water is called

• gradient

• porosity

• permeability

• recharge zone

• discharge zone

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The area of land that is drained by a river system is called

• tributary

• surface water

• watershed

• groundwater

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The path that a steam follows is called

• aquifer

• channel

• water table

• stream load

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An area where water trickles down into the ground and reaches the water table and enters an aquifer to replenish the aquifer is called

• discharge zone

• recharge zone

• permeability

• porosity

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The percentage of the rock that is composed of pore space is referred to as

• porosity

• permeability

• recharge zone

• discharge zone

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The measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer is called

• permeability

• porosity

• discharge zone

• recharge zone

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow is called a(n)

• channel

• aquifer

• water table

• stream load

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Water above Earth's surface is called

• tributary

• surface water

• watershed

• groundwater

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A smaller stream that feeds into a river and eventually into a river system is called a(n)

• groundwater

• surface water

• tributary

• watershed