Chapter 14 Vocabulary Review

Water that is mostly pure, with few dissolved salts.

• freshwater

• saltwater

• bottled water

• all of these

Water found on Earth's surface.

• salt water

• fresh water

• surface water

• ground water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that flows over land and has not been absorbed into the ground.

• permeable

• aquifer

• runoff

• ground water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A network of connected rivers and streams.

• river system

• ocean system

• tributaries

• lake system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All the land area that drains into a river system.

• salt water

• aquifer

• river system

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fresh water found below Earth's surface.

• runoff

• ground water

• surface water

• well

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Soil and rock layers with spaces for water to pass through.

• aquifer

• impermeable

• permeable

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Soil and rock layers that water can't pass through.

• impermeable

• permeable

• zone of aeration

• zone of saturation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rock, soil, or gravel that holds water.

• aquifer

• zone of aeration

• zone of saturation

• well

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The boundary between the zone of saturation in an aquifer and the zone of aeration.

• water chair

• water desk

• water table

• waterbed