Water Cycle and Groundwater

Water below Earth's surface and the spaces between rocks and soil

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

• Surface water

• Withdrawl

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Underground geologic formation able to store and yield water.

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Drawdown

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

When water flows from land's surface to the subsurface

• Drawdown

• Withdrawl

• Infiltration

• Aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following implies the same thing as the word "aquifer"?

• Saturated zone

• zone of aeration

• zone of soil moisture

• zone of twilight

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is a watershed?

• Water in an area
• Water that flows into a river or stream
• Entire land area that drains to a given stream, lake, or wetland.

• Water that is salty

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water stored in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater

• Bogs

• Water in the ground

• surface water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A ___________________ is the area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of water; separated from other watersheds by drainage divides

• village creek

• gully

• stream channel

• watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This is the top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all open spaces between the rock...

• Groundwater

• Reservoir

• Water Table

• Well

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Porosity refers to...

• the shape of the particles
• The sorting of the particles
• % of pore space in a material
• % of cement in a material