Hydrosphere (Vocab Competition Set)

Water is known as a _____________________ because many substances dissolve in it.

• Watershed

• Aquifer

• Hydrosphere

• Universal Solvent

Having opposite poles (positive and negative)

• Surface Tension

• Turbidity

• Salinity

• Polarity

The tightness across the surface of the water.

• Brackish

• Upwelling

• Surface Tension

• Universal Solvent

The amount of matter in a given object - Mass divided by Volume.

• Turbidity

• Salinity

• Density

• Polarity

How much energy it will take to raise or lower the temperature of an object by 1 degree.

• Upwelling

• Eutrophication

• Specific Heat

• Hydrothermal Vent

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS3-4

The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries.

• Hydrosphere

• River Basin

• Estuaries

• Aquifer

The land area that supplies water to a river system.

• Aquifer

• Watershed

• Esturary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All of the water on and under the Earth's surface. - Includes oceans, lakes. rivers, glaciers, groundwater, and all other bodies of water.

• Hydrosphere

• Estuary

• Watershed

• Water Quality

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff.

• Surface Water

• Groundwater

• Watershed

• River Basin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

• Aquifer

• Estuary

• Watershed

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4