Groundwater Exit Ticket

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in solid rock is (a)   .​ (b)   are layers of impermeable rock in the ground that hold groundwater. The upper level of the saturated zone is called the water (c)   . Groundwater is accessed and removed using (d)   . Which terms best complete the sentences?

• surface water
• porosity
• wells
• groundwater
• Aquifers
• table
• canals
• Watersheds
• permeabillity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Describe the changes in the water level shown in the graph from 1991 to 2009. What may have occurred in that time period to cause those changes?

• The water level increased steadily from 1991 to 2009 due to increased rainfall.

• The water level decreased steadily from 1991 to 2009 due to drought conditions.

• The water level remained constant from 1991 to 2009 due to stable weather patterns.

• The water level fluctuated significantly from 1991 to 2009 due to seasonal changes.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which of the following are groundwater?

• Lakes, ponds, creeks streams, ocean, rivers

• Wells, water table, aquifers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A natural, underground area where large quantities of groundwater fill the spaces between rocks is a/an:

• ocean

• river

• aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

To use water found in an aquifer people would

• build a dam

• drill a well to below the water table

• purify ocean water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Surface water

• an ecosystem

• part of the water cycle

• water that is visible on the Earth's surface

• water that is underground

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This is the area of land that catches rain and snow and drains or seeps into a marsh, stream, river, lake, or groundwater

• river system

• tributaries

• river basin

• water shed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Match the definition to the word.

• Groundwater

• Water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface.

• Thermal Energy

• When a rise in temperature causes atoms and molecules to move faster and collide with each other

• Permeable

• Allows liquid or gases to pass through it

• Aquifer

• Does not allow liquids or gases to pass through

• Impermeable

• • Areas of permeable sediment or rock that hold significant amounts of water. 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that fills the spaces between soil particles, fractured rock beneath earth's surface.

• None of these

• Runoff

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The area of an aquifer in which rock pores are completely filled with water.

• water table
• watershed
• zone of saturation
• surface water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1