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What bodies on Earth hold the largest amount of water?

• Reservoirs

• Rivers

• Oceans

• Underground

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What are the ways that water is housed on Earth?

• Glaciers and permafrost only

• Permafrost only

• Icebergs and glaciers

• Icebergs, glaciers and permafrost

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the following

• Watersheds

• Used to describe an area that drains into a large river

• River basin

• A group of ______ usually make up a river basin.

• Watershed

• Used to describe an area that drains into smaller river or stream.

A manmade lake is called a

(a)  

A large channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope-made up many streams that come together.

(a)  

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A body of water of considerable size contained on a body of land (very deep, sunlight may not reach the bottom)

(a)  

A small channel along which water is continually flowing down a slope-made of small gullies

(a)  

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Groundwater can be described as

• Material that allows water to flow through them

• A rock layer underground that is a collection area for water

• Water found in cracks and pores in sand, gravel and rocks below the Earth's surface and flows from the surface into the ground by infiltration.

• The top region that is completely filled with water and is right below the saturation zone.

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What do permeable material allow to flow in?

• Gravel

• Water

• Sand

• Clay

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Where can the water table be found?

• Above ground

• Below ground above the saturation zone

• Below ground below the saturation zone

• In an aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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