Surface Water, Groundwater, and Water Cycle

Water, in liquid or solid form, falls from the sky.

• Transpiration

• Sublimation

• Precipitation

• Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This is the term for the top level of the underground saturated area.

• water table

• porosity

• aquifer

• lithosphere

This term is used for the movement of water down through the soil once it has entered the ground.

• sublimation

• transpiration

• percolation

• condensation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A stream ______ consists of a stream and all of its tributaries.

• basin

• gradient

• plain

• system

A stream that flows only part of the year, usually after an influx of water, is a(n)

• tributary stream

• intermittent stream

• mountain stream

• perennial stream

Wide, looping bends in a stream are called

• meanders

• switchbacks

• horseshoes

• circuits

The place where groundwater exits the ground is called a(n)

• stream mouth

• spring

• aquifer

• waterspout

This is the process where water changes directly from the solid state to the gas state without going through the liquid state.

• transpiration

• sublimation

• condensation

• infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that flows along the ground because it cannot soak in is called ________.

• erosion

• waste water

• super-saturated

• runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

___________ refers to the ability of a substance to hold water.

• Porosity

• viscosity

• Syncline

• topography