Surface Water Vocabulary

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• Gradient

• Flow

• Watershed

• Discharge Zone

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

• natural levee

• savanna

• plateau

• mound

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

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

• floodplain

• delta

• confluence

• bank

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

a smaller river or stream flowing in to join or feed a larger river

• tributary

• estruary

• actuary

• wary

The process by which water from the surface of the Earth enters the atmosphere is called...

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is a body of water that flows into a larger body of water?

• Tributary

• Delta

• Estuary

• Aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The area of land where all precipitation collects and drains off into a common outlet is known as a...

• Watershed

• Aquifer

• Floodplain

• Delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4