MS Watery Planet #2, Where does faucet water come from?

How do most people who don’t live near lakes and rivers get their water?

• from an aquifer

• Most people who don’t live near lakes and rivers buy water from someone who lives at a lake.

• Most people who don’t live near lakes and rivers get their water by digging a well and pulling water up from underground, where it seeped into the soil or rock. That’s called an aquifer.

• Most people who don’t live near lakes and rivers wait for rain.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A spring is a place where water sinks into the ground to become an aquifer.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following plants would be a good clue in locating an aquifer?

• Bristlecone pine

• Wildflowers

• Willow

• Cactus

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is an aquifer?

• An aquifer is a geological formation containing groundwater.

• An aquifer is where Aquaman originated.

• An aquifer is the location where water comes up from deep in the earth and flows onto the land.

• a well

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

All living things must have water to survive therefore humans can only build cities near rivers or lakes.

• True

• False

Groundwater is water that is crammed in the tiny gaps between rocks, soil and sediment under the ground.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The level underground where you first hit groundwater is called the water table. The area below the water table is called the saturated zone.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Water flows downhill.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The word aquifer comes from the latin words for the following:

• water and plant

• water and hold

• water and build

• hold and release

Which of the following is not a part of the water cycle?

• precipitate

• condensate

• evaluate

• evaporate

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4