Vocabulary 1 for Water Processes

an underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water

• aquifer

• ocean

• groundwater

• brackish

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

a large body of water between continents

• fresh water

• groundwater

• ocean

• river

water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock

• salinity

• brackish

• aquifer

• ground water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

a natural stream of water that flows into another body of water such as an ocean

• river

• ocean

• groundwater

• fresh water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

the practice of using less of a resource so that it can last longer

• brackish

• distribution

• conservation

• condensation

the change in state from a gas to a liquid

• condensation

• river

• distribution

• distribution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-PS1-4

the act of giving out or delivering to

• distribution

• condensation

• conservation

• brackish

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

water with low concentrations of dissolved salts

• ground water

• aquifer

• fresh water

• brackish

salt water and fresh water mixed together

• ocean

• fresh water

• salinity

• brackish

how much salt is in the water

• brackish

• salinity

• fresh water

• ocean