Surface Water and Groundwater

The upper surface of groundwater is called...

• a divide

• a watershed

• the water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water below Earth’s surface is called...

• groundwater

• surface water

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Aquifers store... (Check all that apply)

• surface water

• groundwater

• freshwater

• saltwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer...

• permeability

• turbidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process by which water infiltrates the ground and the location in which it happens... (Check all that apply)

• recharge

• discharge

• recharge zones

• discharge zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

The process by which groundwater becomes surface water and the location in which it happens... (Check all that apply)

• recharge

• discharge

• recharge zones

• discharge zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

In order for the water table level to increase, the recharge must be...

• less than the discharge

• equal to the discharge

• greater than the discharge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

In order for the water table level to decrease, the recharge must be...

• less than the discharge

• equal to the discharge

• greater than the discharge

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A smaller stream that feeds into a river is called...

• channel

• tributary

• aquifer

Check all of the examples of discharge zones.

• spring

• well

• location where the water table meets surface water

• soil where water infiltrates into the ground

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1