2.4 Pre-Assessment Surface Water & Distribution

A river system is made up a river and its

• sediments

• divides

• runoff

• tributaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The streams and small rivers that feed into a main river are called

• watersheds

• tributaries

• divides

• wetlands

The water in ponds and lakes is

• moving

• deep

• still

• salty

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A lake that stores water for human use is called a(n)

• reservoir

• dam

• Oxbow Lake

• pond

What seasonal change refreshes the supply of nutrients throughout a lake?

• erosion

• deposition

• lake turnover

• eutrophication

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A river channel can bend and loop around obstacles. A new channel might form and cut off a loop. This loop may become ?

• lake

• Oxbow Lake

• watershed

• pond

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2