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Watersheds Vocab

Authored by Luke Stahl

Science

7th Grade

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Watersheds Vocab
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Zone of aeration

The top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all open spaces between the rock

Area of land that drains water from higher land to lower land and into a stream; also called a drainage basin

The upper portion of soil and rock that can be temporarily filled with water as the water enters the ground and moves deeper

Water found on the surface of the Earth; includes rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Water Table

Sunken land surface due to underlying compression of earth material as a result of the removal of groundwater

The top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all open spaces between the rock

Area of land that drains water from higher land to lower land and into a stream; also called a drainage basin

The upper portion of soil and rock that can be temporarily filled with water as the water enters the ground and moves deeper

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Watershed

The upper portion of soil and rock that can be temporarily filled with water as the water enters the ground and moves deeper

Sunken land surface due to underlying compression of earth material as a result of the removal of groundwater

Water found on the surface of the Earth; includes rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans

area of land that drains water from higher land to lower land and into a stream; also called a drainage basin

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Surface Water

The top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all open spaces between the rock

Area of land that drains water from higher land to lower land and into a stream; also called a drainage basin

Water found on the surface of the Earth; includes rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans

The upper portion of soil and rock that can be temporarily filled with water as the water enters the ground and moves deeper

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Subsidence

Sunken land surface due to underlying compression of earth material as a result of the removal of groundwater

Water found on the surface of the Earth; includes rivers, lakes, streams, and oceans

Area of land that drains water from higher land to lower land and into a stream; also called a drainage basin

The top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all open spaces between the rock

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Saturation zone

The volume of pore space available within rock or soil.

Allows water movement to flow through the material, the opposite of impermeable.

Below the water table where all spaces not filled with solid material fill with water.

Water from precipitation that flows over land and picks up pollutants.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Runoff

Allows water movement to flow through the material, the opposite of impermeable

Water from precipitation that flows over land and picks up pollutants.

A single identifiable and localized source of water pollution, such as wastewater discharge into a stream.

Below the water table where all spaces not filled with solid material fill with water.

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