Unit 3 Vocabulary Set Quiz

What is saltwater?

• Water with low levels of salt

• Water with a high concentration of dissolved salts

• Water with no salt

• Water with a high concentration of sugar

What is freshwater?

• Water with high levels of salt

• Water with low levels of salt, usually less than 1%

• Water with no salt

• Water with a high concentration of sugar

What is brackish water?

• Water with no salt

• Water with a higher salinity than freshwater but not as salty as seawater

• Water with a high concentration of sugar

• Water with low levels of salt

Where do estuaries occur?

• Where rivers and streams meet the ocean

• In the middle of a desert

• At the top of a mountain

• In the middle of a forest

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

What are glaciers?

• Large bodies of saltwater

• Huge, slow-moving masses of ice that form from snow

• Small ponds in the forest

• Fast-moving rivers

What is groundwater?

• Water that is stored in the spaces between soil particles and rocks underground

• Water that flows on the surface

• Water that is found in the ocean

• Water that is stored in glaciers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is an aquifer?

• A surface layer of water

• An underground layer of water-bearing material, consisting of permeable or fractured rock

• A type of cloud

• A small pond

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is surface water?

• Water that is located underground

• Water that is located on top of the land

• Water that is found in glaciers

• Water that is found in the atmosphere

What is the water table?

• The top of a mountain

• The upper level of an underground surface in which the soil or rocks are permanently saturated with water

• A type of cloud

• A surface layer of ice

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What does permeable mean?

• Not allowing fluid to pass through

• Allowing materials like liquids to pass through

• Being completely solid

• Being completely liquid