Hydrosphere Quiz 1

the flow of water that occurs when excess stormwater, meltwater, or other sources flows over the Earth's surface

• Infiltration

• Aquifer

• Transpiration

• Runoff

Water located below the Earth’s surface

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

• Hydrogen dioxide reserves

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Land that water flows across or under on its way to a river

• Watershed

• Hydrosphere

• River basin

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water

• Salt cycle

• Salinity

• Polarity

• Saline Subduction

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A rock layer that collects and stores water

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

• Runoff

• Transpiration

a stream or river that flows into a larger stream or main stem (or parent) river or a lake

• Aquifer

• Watershed

• Tributary

• River basin

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply

• Reservoir

• Watershed

• River basin

• Water tower

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers

• Water cycle

• Runoff

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

Areas of land that drain into a stream, river, lake, or other body of water

• Brackish water

• Estuary

• River basin

• Watershed

All the waters on the earth’s surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth’s surface, such as clouds

• River basin

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4