Water Resources

Most of Earth's water is:

• Salty

• Fresh

Tags

NGSS.5-ESS2-2

Most of Earth's freshwater is:

• Underground

• Frozen

• On the surface

• Evaporated

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A body of land that drains into one river

• Watershed

• Water table

• Aquifer

• Porosity

The upper limit of groundwater (#4 in the diagram)

• Aquifer

• Zone of Saturation

• Water Table

• Zone of Aeration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The zone of soil or rock soaked with groundwater (#1 in the diagram)

• Water table

• Zone of aeration

• Permeable Layer

• Zone of Saturation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The area of ground above the groundwater (#3 in the diagram)

• Water table

• Zone of Saturation

• Aquifer

• Zone of Aeration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What uses the most water?

• Industry

• Residential

• Agriculture

Water that is safe to drink

• Eutrophication

• Potable

• Xeriscape

• Point-source

Pollution that comes from all over the place

• Point-source

• Nonpoint-source

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Eutrophication leads to:

• Thermal pollution

• An excess of trash

• Dead zones

• Pollution in the groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4