Watershed System

Liquid water exists in temperatures ranging from ______ to ______.

• 50 - 150 degrees Celsius

• 32 - 212 degrees Celsius

• 50 - 100 degrees Celsius

• 0 - 100 degrees Celsius

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

The movement of soil, sand, and rock by water is called____________.

• Erosion

• Physical Weathering

• Chemical Weathering

• Surface Tension

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water freezes it becomes...

• More dense

• Less dense

• Molecules connect

• It has surface tension

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NGSS.MS-PS1-4

Which is an example of chemical weathering.

• A mud slide

• An avalanche

• Acid rain dissolving limestone

• The loss of sand dunes in a hurricane

The state of matter that water is most commonly found in on Earth is ______.

• Solid

• Liquid

• Gas

• All of the above

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An excellent source of well water is a(n) __________.

• Stream

• Pond

• Aquifer

• Ocean

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

ALL of the land that water flows across on its way to a stream, lake, or ocean is known as a _________.

• Ridgeline or divide

• Valley

• Hill

• Watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What percentage of Earth’s water is found as salt water in the oceans?

• 77%

• 20%

• 97%

• 1%

Moving water carries sediments along with it. What happens when the water begins to slow down?

• Small sediments begin to settle out of the water.

• Large sediments begin to settle out of the water.

• The water becomes cloudy

• All of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Wetlands are found _______.

• Between dry land and bodies of water.

• Near oceans

• In estuaries

• Where rivers meet lakes and Bays.