Surface Water

Where does the river water flow?

• sea

• river

• estuary

• ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

If river water flows into the sea, where will it finally end up?

• lake

• ocean

• stream

• river

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is NOT an example of surface water?

• ocean

• sea

• pond

• river

Surface water

• an ecosystem

• part of the water cycle

• water that is visible on the Earth's surface

• water that is underground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water seeping into the ground is

• runoff

• water cycle

• surface water

• ground water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An aquifer

• body of rock and/or sediment that holds groundwater

• continuous body of surface water flowing

• a small lake

• water over the earth's surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Rivers eventually lead to the

• lake

• pond

• ocean

• stream

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river

• tributaries

• river system

• surface water

• ocean

A river and all its tributaries together make up a river system

• lake

• ocean

• pond

• river system

This is the area of land that catches rain and snow and drains or seeps into a marsh, stream, river, lake, or groundwater

• river system

• tributaries

• river basin

• water shed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4