Groundwater and Aquifers

What is the type of water that moves underground?

• surface water
• water table
• groundwater
• watershed

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What do you call the land that water flows across, under, and through on its way to a body of water?

• Tributary
• River system
• Headwaters
• Watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

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An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Sand is ___________, meaning that water can pass through easily.

• Permeable
• Impermeable
• Solid
• Soft

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?

• Groundwater
• Water Table
• Precipitation
• Snow

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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What are sources of water pollution?

• Precipitation as Acid rain
• Runoff water & Groundwater
• Industry & Household waste
• All of these

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

• runoff
• discharge
• recharge
• tributary

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A farmer applies excess fertilizer to one of her fields just before a rainstorm. What kind of pollution is this most likely to lead to?

• Toxic

• Sediment

• Nutrient

• Bacterial

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Only _____ of Earth’s water can be classified as fresh water.

• 3 %

• 25 %

• 32 %

• 76 %

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