Groundwater and Runoff

......................water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking into the ground.

• Runoff

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

....................................a flat, wide area of land along the river.

• Flood Plain

• Alluvial Fan

a wide sloping deposit of sediment where a stream leaves a mountain range.

• Delta

• alluvial fan

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

a landform made of sediments that deposited where a river flows into ocean or lake .

• Delta

• Deflation

• Alluvial fan

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layer.

• Groundwater

• Surface water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When runoff flows over the land, it may cause a type of erosion called

• Sediment 

• wind erosion

• sheet erosion  

• water erosion

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Grasses, shrubs, and trees reduce runoff by absorbing water and holding soil in place.

• Crystallization

• Purification

• Weathering

• Vegetation   

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A ……………………..is a large groove, or channel, in the soil that carries runoff after a rainstorm.

• Gully

• Rill

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2