Water

Which of the following IS NOT true about groundwater?

• Groundwater is the largest freshwater source on Earth.

• Groundwater is freshwater beneath Earth’s surface.

• Groundwater is the largest liquid freshwater source for humans.

• Groundwater can maintain streamflow during times of drought.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What does the quantity of groundwater that can be stored depend upon?

• It depends upon the porosity of the underground rock.

• It depends upon the pH of the groundwater.

• It depends upon the underground depth of the storage system.

• It depends upon the temperature of the underground rock.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The circulation of the earth's water, in which water evaporates from the sea into the atmosphere, where it condenses and falls as rain or snow, returning to the sea by rivers or returning to the atmosphere by evapo-transpiration is called the...

• carbon cycle
• nitrogen cycle
• water cycle
• rock cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is occurring at A in the diagram?

• runoff
• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What process is happening at C in the diagram?

• runoff
• precipitation
• condensation
• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…

• watershed
• watertable
• river
• aquifer

What is the source of groundwater?

• rain, snow, melted glaciers
• ocean water
• icebergs
• water from fossilized animals

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is an option for bringing up groundwater?

• artesian wells

• Wells

• Pumps

• All the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Deep underground, water in some areas experience great heat and pressure. The pressure forces boiling-hot water and steam to the surface, creating bubbling hot springs and erupting .........................

• Water

• Geysers

• Groundwater

• All of the above

What process is happening at C in the diagram?

• runoff
• precipitation
• condensation
• transpiration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4