Human Impact on Water - Vocabulary

fresh water on Earth's land surface. is found in lakes, rivers, streams, and wetlands.

• surface water
• aquifer
• watershed
• point-source pollution

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

As streams and rivers move across the land, they form a flowing network of water.

• river system
• biomagnification
• water pollution
• watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water stored beneath the Earth's surface in sediment and rock formations.

• groundwater
• desalination
• waste water
• pathogens

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The area of land that is drained by a river is known.

• watershed
• groundwater
• thermal pollution
• water pollution

An underground formation that contains groundwater.

• aquifer
• nonpoint-source pollution
• surface water
• groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The area of the Earth's surface where water percolates down into the aquifer

• recharge zone
• pathogens
• river system
• waste water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

safe to drink.

• potable
• point-source pollution
• reservoir
• nonpoint-source pollution

organisms that cause illness or disease.

• pathogens
• potable
• recharge zone
• surface water

When a river is dammed, an artificial lake is formed behind the dam.

• reservoir
• recharge zone
• potable
• desalination

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

process of removing salt from salt water.

• desalination
• reservoir
• point-source pollution
• river system