Factors Affecting Earth Systems Vocabulary

What is a permeable rock layer that can hold or transport water?

• aquifer

• catastrophic event

• deposition

• permeability

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is a violent, usually destructive, natural occurrence?

• aquifer

• water table

• catastrophic event

• watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

What is a process by which weathered and eroded material is deposited by wind, water, or ice?

• ecoregion

• groundwater

• surface water

• deposition

What is a pattern of ecosystems with combinations of soil and landforms that characterize that region?

• recharge zone

• ecoregion

• groundwater

• water table

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is the process by which weathered material is moved by wind, water, or ice?

• groundwater

• permeability

• erosion

• surface water

What is water beneath the Earth's surface called? (Hint: It's under the ground.)

• groundwater

• surface water

• water table

• recharge zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the ability of a material to allow water to pass through?

• watershed

• groundwater

• ecoregion

• permeability

What is the measure of the concentration of hydrogen in a solution?

(potential of hydrogen: acid or base)

• dB

• pH

• RLA

• NBC

What is the surface land area where water enters an aquifer?

• water table

• weathering

• groundwater

• recharge zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is water that collects on the surface on the ground called?

• groundwater

• surface water

• erosion

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4