Watersheds

All water eventually empties into

• an ocean

• a river

• the ground

• a lake

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An area of land that drains to a particular river, lake, bay, or other body of water.

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Divide

• Watershed

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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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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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Water stored  in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground
• surface water

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

• Permeable
• Impermeable
• Solid
• Soft

What is a measure of how well a material absorbs water? There are multiple answers.

• permeability

• occlusion

• porosity

• exclusion

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What is the best definition of aquifer?

• empty space

• a space below the water table

• a measure of how well a material absorbs water

• an underground layer of permeable (that is, water-bearing) rock

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Water that flows along Earth's surface to eventually return to the ocean is called ___.

• Runoff

• Storm drain

• Surface water

• Tributary

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Watersheds can consist of smaller subwatersheds.

• true

• false

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