7.8C Watershed

To what does the “X” in the diagram refer?

• a water table
• a watershed
• a floodplain
• a divide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Overflow during a heavy rainstorm from a wastewater treatment plant would result in...

• weakened housing foundations

• polluted runoff into nearby ponds

• flooding in the local aquifer

• over-treated drinking water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

A layer of porous rock that allows water to flow through.

• ground water

• aquifer

• point source

• subsidence

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Most water pollution is the result of __________________.

• natural processes

• animal waste

• human activities

• acid rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

It is an area of land where the surface water and ground water drain into a particular body of water; separated by other watersheds by drainage divides

• Drainage Divide

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Drainage Divide

• Non Point Source Water Pollution

• Ground Water

• Point Source Water Pollution

Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

• Ground Water

• Aquifer

• Water Table

• Zone of Aeration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A layer of permeable rock that retains and filters water

• Permeable Rock

• Water Table

• Aquifer

• Ground Water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fertilizer from people's yards is a point source pollution

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Rainwater running off a parking lot after a storm is point source pollution

• True
• False