Surface Water and Groundwater

Water that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called…

• watershed

• surface water

• groundwater

• water cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…

• watershed

• watertable

• river

• aquifer

An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.

• water table

• aquifer

• watershed

• river

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wells

• aquifer

• water table

• watershed

• drainage system

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the top of the ground water

• water table

• ground water

• water retention

• porous

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All of the following except which would cause surface runoff to decrease in a particular location?

• Covering a dirt road with pavement

• Reducing the gradient of a steep hill

• Planting grasses and shrubs on a hillside

• Having a decrease in the annual rainfall

How do people extract groundwater?

• groundwater cannot be extracted

• by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground

• mining water from the Earth

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The spaces between rocks or sediment where water is stored in an aquifer.

• Openings

• Pores

• Stream load

• Water table

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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

• Permeability

• Gradient

• Runoff

• Porosity

______________ is water that is under Earth’s surface, in spaces in rocks, or in soil.

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• wet water

• subwater