Hydrosphere Vocabulary

All the water on the Earth's surface and atmosphere

• Watershed

• Hydrosphere

• Glaciers

• Tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.

• Glaciers

• Wetland

• Aquifer

• River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A wetland typically covered with grasses

• Watershed

• Glaciers

• Swamp

• Marshes

A large natural or artificial lake used as a source of water supply for humans.

• Groundwater

• Watershed

• Reservoir

• River

A small channel through which water is continually flowing down a slope.

• Stream

• Swamp

• Reservoir

• River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A wetland ecosystem in which shrubs and trees grow.

• Lake

• Marshes

• Swamp

• Stream

A large body of salt water. This covers the majority of the earth.

• Iceberg

• Ocean

• Bog

• Lake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries.

• Hydrosphere

• Reservoir

• Groundwater

• River Basin

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers.

• Artesian Well

• River Basin

• Reservoir

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A large mass of ice that moves slowly over land.

• Marshes

• Watershed

• Glaciers

• Icebergs