Hydrology Vocabulary Quiz- Water Cycle and Water Distribution

A body of saline water that composes much of a planet's hydrosphere.

• ocean

• river

• lake

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A natural flowing water course, usually freshwater, flowing towards an ocean, sea, lake or another river.

• ocean

• river

• lake

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

An area filled with water, localized in a basin, that is surrounded by land, apart from any river or other outlet that serves to feed or drain the lake.

• ocean

• river

• lake

• aquifer

Water that contains a high concentration of dissolved salts (mainly NaCl)

• salt water

• fresh water

• runoff

• glacier

A wetland that is forested.

• ocean

• river

• lake

• swamp

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Water present beneath Earth's surface in soil pore spaces and in the fractures of rock formations.

• ocean

• river

• lake

• groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A body of permeable rock that can contain or transmit groundwater.

• ocean

• aquifer

• lake

• river

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Frozen water, a brittle, transparent crystalline solid.

• aquifer

• swamp

• ocean

• ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Atmospheric conditions comprise the state of the atmosphere in terms of temperature and wind and clouds and precipitation.

• condensation

• precipitation

• atmospheric conditions

• evaporation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water that collects as droplets on a cold surface when humid air is in contact with it.

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4