Watershed Aquifer Groundwater

The top of the groundwater’s zone of saturation - E

• Zone of Aeration

• Aquifer

• Surface water

• Water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the type of water that moves underground?

• surface water

• water table

• groundwater

• watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What do you call the land that water flows across, under, and through on its way to a body of water?

• Tributary

• River system

• Headwaters

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the top of the water-filled spaces  (saturated zone) in the ground called?

• Groundwater

• Reservoir

• Water Table

• Well

Sand is ___________, meaning that water can pass through easily.

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Solid

• Soft

The measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer is called

• permeability

• porosity

• discharge zone

• recharge zone

A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows it to flow is called a(n)

• channel

• aquifer

• water table

• stream load

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The upper boundary, or surface, of groundwater is called a(n)

• stream load

• water table

• channel

• aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A measure of a change in elevation over a certain distance is called

• porosity

• gradient

• permeability

• recharge zone

• discharge zone

An area where groundwater becomes surface water is called

• gradient

• porosity

• permeability

• recharge zone

• discharge zone

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS2-5