Unit 7 - Watershed

a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater

• Aquifer
• Watershed
• Non-point source pollution
• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

water found in an aquifer (  underground layer that contains groundwater)

• Runoff
• Turbidity
• Groundwater
• Non-point source pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

is a combination of pollutants from a large area rather than from specific identifiable sources such as discharge pipes

• Point source pollution
• Non-point source pollution
• Turbidity
• Runoff

how connected pore spaces are to one another. If highthan pore spaces are connected to one another allowing water to flow from one to another if low the pore spaces are isolated and water is trapped within them

• Aquifer
• Watershed
• Non-point source pollution
• Permeability

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a substance that harms a natural resource

• Turbidity
• Point source pollution
• Pollution
• Non-point source pollution

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-3

anything that emits pollution directly into the environment like factories, ships, or farms. This is because the pollutants produced can be traced back to that particular point

• Non-point source pollution
• Point source pollution
• Aquifer
• Groundwater

amount of empty space within a given material. In a soil or rock the porosity (empty space) exists between the grains of mineral

• Porosity
• Point source pollution
• Groundwater
• Aquifer

the excess water that flows over land when the soil below it is flooded

• Watershed
• Runoff
• Non-point source pollution
• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

any body of water above ground, including oceans, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, reservoirs, and creeks

• Non-point source pollution
• Surface water
• Watershed
• Aquifer

a measure of how well light penetrates water. It is caused by particles (total suspended or dissolved solids) that are generally invisible to the naked eye. T

• Non-point source pollution
• Aquifer
• Runoff
• Turbidity