Hydrosphere Vocabulary Quiz

What is the term for all the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas?

• Aquifer

• Hydrosphere

• Reservoir

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is known as the saltiness or dissolved salt content of a body of water?

• Permeability

• Infiltration

• Salinity

• Watershed

Which term describes the ability of a material to allow liquids or gases to pass through it?

• Permeability

• Reservoir

• River basin

• Universal solvent

What is the term for land that water flows across or under on its way to a river?

• Aquifer

• River basin

• Groundwater

• Hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the term for areas of land that drain into a stream, river, lake, or other body of water?

• Watershed

• Reservoir

• Infiltration

• Salinity

What is the term for water located below the Earth's surface?

• Reservoir

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

• Hydrosphere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is a rock layer that collects and stores water called?

• Reservoir

• Aquifer

• Watershed

• River basin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the process of passing into or through a substance by filtering or permeating?

• Salinity

• Infiltration

• Permeability

• Universal solvent

What is a large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply called?

• Reservoir

• Aquifer

• Groundwater

• River basin

What is the term for water's capability of dissolving all substances?

• Salinity

• Universal solvent

• Permeability

• Infiltration