Groundwater, Surface Water, and Watersheds

Fertilizer can seep through the ground to reach groundwater, what effect can it have?

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to reverse flow

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to freeze

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to become undrinkable

• It will seep into the school

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Healthy (potable) pH of a fresh water source is around

• 2.0

• 3.4

• 7.0

• 9.0

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NGSS.MS-PS1-2

What does pH measure?

• temperture

• air pressure

• How acidic or alkaline a substance is

• speed

When water flows across the surface of the earth it is called?

• Watershed

• River

• Run Off

• Rain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Factors within an ecosystem that are living. (Plants/Animals)

• Biotic

• Abiotic

• Ecosystem

• Habitat

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

Factors within and ecosystem that are NOT living. (Rocks/Water/Air)

• Biotic

• Watershed

• Abiotic

• Erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Area of land where surface water and groundwater drains into a river system.

• Runoff

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Watershed

What is a watershed?

• Water in an area
• Water that flows into a river or stream
• Land that water flows over and through
• Water that is salty

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the type of water that moves underground?

• surface water

• water table

• groundwater

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is all the water that runs over the surface of the land and washes into rivers, streams, and other waterways called?

• Runoff

• Storm Drain

• Surface Water

• Tributary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4