Surface Water

tributary

• a stream that flows into a lake or into a larger stream

• the water that is beneath Earth's surface

• the path that a stream follows

• the boundary between drainage areas that have streams that flow in opposite directions

Materials carried by a stream are called its ________________

• Gradient

• Flow

• Stream load

• Watershed

A river's __________ is the amount of water that moves through the river channel in a given amount of time.

• Gradient

• Divide

• Movement

• Flow

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

______________ is a measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance.

• Gradient

• Flow

• Watershed

• Discharge Zone

The measure of how easily water can flow through something (in this case, an aquifer).

• Permeability

• Gradient

• Runoff

• Porosity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This physical feature is found along the side of a river and helps to prevent flooding of nearby areas.

• natural levee

• savanna

• plateau

• mound

What is the relationship between groundwater and surface water?

• Surface water percolates (moves) through the soil to form groundwater.

• There is no relationship between surface and groundwater.

• Groundwater filters through the soil to form surface water.

• Surface water is found in lakes directly above underground water sources.

Where is the water table located?

• at the top of the saturated zone

• between layers of impermeable rock

• in the unsaturated zone

• below layers of clay

A(n) ___ is an underground layer of permeable rock that holds water & allows it to flow.

• aquifer

• low-lying

• drainage

• river system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the area of land around a river where the ground lies very low and is easily flooded

• floodplain

• delta

• confluence

• bank

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2