Surface Water, Groundwater, and Water Pollution

Which location would allow the least amount of water to be absorbed into the ground?

• a grassy terrain

• a sandy beach

• a forest

• a mountain

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The Ohio and Missouri Rivers are both __________ of the Mississippi River.

• tributaries

• watersheds

• divides

• water systems

What is the power behind the water cycle?

• gravity

• the Sun

• evaporation

• condensation

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Water found on the surface is called

• Groundwater

• Surface Water

• Land Water

• Sea Water

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Water found underground is called

• Groundwater

• Underground Water

• Cave Water

• Sea Water

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__________ are found underground houses. They can develop leaks and drain into the groundwater

• Septic tanks

• Septic pipes

• C4s

• Water tanks

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This is a picture of

• A Watershed

• Erison

• A Runoff

• The Water Cycle

• Recharge

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What items flow together to make a river system? 

• streams and rivers
• ponds
• lakes
• oceans

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When nutrients build up in a lake.

• eutrophication
• reservoir
• watershed
• divide

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Humans affect watersheds and wetlands by :

• polluting
• destroying
• overbuilding
• all of the above

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