Hydrology

What is another name for the water cycle?

• weather

• atmospheric cycle

• hydrologic cycle

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As water rises through the atmosphere, it cools, condenses and becomes _______.

• water vapor

• Mist

• runoff

• clouds

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rain, snow, sleet, and hail are examples of what?

• precipitation

• infiltrate

• aeration

• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Water that does not soak into the ground becomes _____.

• clouds

• water table

• runoff

• saturated

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The boundary between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation is called the _________

• infiltrate

• impermeable bedrock

• water table

• ground zero

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the equation for porosity?

• total volume of empty space divided by total soil volume

• total volume of soil divided by total volume of empty space

• porosity is equal to velocity

• total volume of soil minus total volume of empty space

Which is more porous?

• a container of angular particles

• a container of round particles

Which is more porous?

• a container of tightly packed particles

• a container of loosely packed particles

Which is more permeable?

• frozen ground

• unfrozen ground

Which would be the most permeable?

• a

• b

• c

• d

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1