PRE-ASSESSMENT

The most common type of precipitation is _______________.

• rain

• snow

• sleet

• hail

the change of state from a gas to a liquid

• water cycle
• evaporation
• precipitation
• condensation

3 states of water found on earth

• solid, liquid & gas
• oceans, lakes & streams
• evaporation, transpiration
• rain, sleet & hail

All water eventually empties into

• an ocean

• a river

• the ground

• a lake

An area of land that drains to a particular river, lake, bay, or other body of water.

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Divide

• Watershed

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

The water that fills lakes and rivers

• groundwater
• surface water
• water table
• saturated zone

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

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground
• surface water

What is a measure of how well a material absorbs water? There are multiple answers.

• permeability

• occlusion

• porosity

• exclusion