Water Cycle, Groundwater, Surface Water, Density

What is permeability?

• The amount of space between particles

• The ability to hold water

• The number of openings in your face

• The ability to allow water to flow through

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is porosity?

• The amount of space between particles

• The number of particles in a sample

• The number of openings in your face

• The ability to allow water to flow through

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

If porosity is low then permeability is ______________.

• low
• high

A soil sample with a large amount of space between the particles will have a

• High Porosity
• Low permeability rate
• High capillarity
• Low infiltration rate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Sand sediments are usually more permeable than silt sediments because sand grains are...

• larger
• smoother
• rounder
• more soluble

Well sorted soil...

• has low porosity
• has low pore space
• has high porosity
• means water will move through slowly

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the measure of the storage space available in an aquifer.

• aquifer
• permeability
• porosity
• divide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer. 

• porosity
• permeability
• gradient
• divide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.

• slower
• faster

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• the sun
• the earth
• water
• the moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4