Water Cycle (Groundwater)

The process of water flowing over the surface. Happens when rain is heavy, or the land is steep/impermeable/saturated/frozen.

• Infiltration

• Retention

• Runoff

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of water entering the ground. Happens when land is flat/permeable/unsaturated.

• Porosity

• Infiltration

• Runoff

• Aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Describes land that will allow water to infiltrate. Usually because pore spaces are large, the land is flat, and it's not yet saturated.

• Aquifer

• Saturated

• Runoff

• Permeable

The amount of empty space between soil particles or even some rocks. The total amount is always similar, regardless of particle size.

• Porosity

• Infiltration

• Retention

• Capillarity

The process of water flowing upward through soil. Only happens when particles are small (clay, silt), so there's a lot of surface area for water to stick to.

• Porosity

• Capillarity

• Transpiration

• Infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process of water remaining in the soil. ________ is high when particles are small, because of small pore spaces, (so slow water movement) and more surface area.

• Retention

• Capillarity

• Aquifer

• Water Table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area that is drained by a specific river system. Example: Ossining is in the watershed of the Hudson River, because when it rains here, runoff eventually flows into the Hudson.

• Water Table

• Aquifer

• Runoff

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Describes land whose pore spaces are filled with groundwater.

• Saturated

• Permeable

• Watershed

• Transpiration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Below this, the pore spaces are filled with groundwater. When the surface is saturated, it's because the ____________ has reached the surface.

• Water Table

• Watershed

• Capillarity

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

A semi-permanent underground reservoir of groundwater.

• Transpiration

• Watershed

• Aquifer

• Permeable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1