Watersheds

A watershed is...

• a shed that has water in it

• all of the land that drains into one river or body of water

• a body of water that pirates live in

• only land and doesn't include streams or rivers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A layer of permeable rock that retains and filters water.

• Drainage Divide

• Surface Water

• Water Table

• Aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all the open spaces between the rocks

• Water table

• Surface Water

• Watershed

• Drainage Divide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

• Groundwater

• Surface Water

• Permeable

• Impermeable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Water occurring in a stream, lake, river, reservoir, estuary, wetland or the ocean.

• Waterhsed

• Drainage Divide

• Surface Water

• Ground Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a common large body of water (rivers, lakes, oceans).

• peninsula

• tributary

• groundwater

• watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are some ways that watersheds can be polluted? (select all that apply)

• sewers emptying into rivers

• oil leaking

• littering

• washing car

• picking up after pets

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which surface would be impermeable?

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Check all the boxes that are examples of Surface Water.

• Lakes

• Rivers

• Aquifer

• Streams

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What answer is an example of Ground Water?

• Lake Michigan

• Pacific Ocean

• An Aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1