Surface and Groundwater

What is the chemical formula for water?

• H2O

• O2

• CO2

• HO2

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What percent of the Earth is water?

• 25%

• 50%

• 3%

• 70%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a small stream that feeds into a larger river?

• watershed

• tributary

• divide

• channel

The path that a stream follows in a/an ____________?

• channel

• aquifer

• runoff

• stream load

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What term describes the steepness or slope of the land?

• divide

• flow

• gradient

• channel

An underground layer of permeable rocks that stores water is known as a/an ________________?

• bedrock

• aquifer

• zone of aeration

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the process called when rain permeates into the ground and raises the water table of an aquifer?

• ossification

• recharge

• porosity

• discharge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When digging a well, you must dig below the _________________in order to reach water in an aquifer.

• lakes

• water table

• zone of saturation

• permeability zone

When sediment is saturated, it is?

• full of water

• a mixture of air and water

• below the bedrock

• on the surface

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When an aquifer underground releases water into a lake (on the surface), the aquifer is experiencing ______________.

• recharge

• discharge

• saturation

• permeation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4