Hydrology Review

What can cause flooding

• urbanization (building) on flood plains

• artificial levees

• low runoff

• low water table

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Urbanization means

• building houses/stores and paving roads

• moving to a city

• evaporation

• sedimentation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What can increase groundwater?

• surface water moving through soil and rock

• surface water flowing into rivers

• less precipitation

• increased urbnaization

What is the most common source for surface water contamination?

• runoff

• melting of glaciers

• wells

• lightning

Artificial levees are best used to

• recycle water

• cause flooding

• prevent flooding

• stop precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Less precipitation can impact groundwater because

• more infiltration

• less infiltation

• more runoff

• less runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Saltwater intrusion is caused by drilling freshwater in __________ areas

• river

• coastal

• mountain

• city

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What type of water pollution would go along with a construction site where all the vegetation gets taken out?

• toxic

• sediment

• nutrient

• bacterial

What type of water pollution would go along with a factory dumping chemicals into a local river?

• toxic

• sediment

• nutrient

• bacterial

What type of water pollution would go along with fertilizers flowing into water creating a growth in algae?

• toxic

• sediment

• nutrient

• bacterial

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-3