Hydrosphere - Vocabulary

Which term best describes an area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet?

• ocean

• solute

• permeable

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which term best describes the flow of water from above ground into a subsurface?

• surface water

• infiltration

• point source pollution

• estuary

Which term best describes the land that water flows across on its way to a river?

• groundwater

• salinity

• precipitation

• river basin

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

Which term best describes all the liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the ground?

• precipitation

• solvent

• evaporation

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following would classify as a permeable surface?

• brick

• sand

• cement

• concrete

Which of the following would release water through the process of transpiration?

• clouds

• plants

• cars

• people

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following occurs when there is more water than land can absorb?

• Water Cycle

• Water Runoff

• Polarity

• Aquifer

All terrestrial animals and need _________________ to survive?

• polarity

• freshwater

• solvent

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which term best describes the process of water vapor turning back into liquid water?

• Solute

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The __________ of seawater is defined as the total amount by weight of dissolved salts in one kilogram of seawater

• aquifer

• salinity

• polarity

• solvent