Surface Water and Ground Water

land that gets covered by water from a stream or river during a flood

• Mountain

• Valley

• Meander

• Floodplain

Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground

What is the top of the water-filled spaces in the ground called?

• Groundwater
• Reservoir
• Water Table
• Well

What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?

• runoff
• recharge
• watershed
• valley

What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?

• runoff
• discharge
• recharge
• tributary

An aquifer is a(n)

• well in which water rises because of pressure
• underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
• type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
• place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock

The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a

• water table
• trailer
• house
• watershed

Most water pollution is the result of __________________.

• natural processes
• animal waste
• human activities
• acid rain

___________________ washes agricultural wastes, including animal wastes, fertilizers, and pesticides, into bodies of water, causing algae to grow.

• Runoff
• Peak flow
• Groundwater
• Municipal sewage

Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in ______________.

• groundwater
• streams and rivers
• oceans
• All of these choices