Watershed and Water Cycle Review

A geographical barrier, such as a ridge, hill or mountain, separating one watershed land area from another.

• Watershed

• Drainage Divide

• Aquifer

• Permeable

Water occurring in a stream, lake, river, reservoir, estuary, wetland or the ocean.

• Waterhsed

• Drainage Divide

• Surface Water

• Ground Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

• Groundwater

• Surface Water

• Permeable

• Impermeable

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A layer of permeable rock that retains and filters water.

• Drainage Divide

• Surface Water

• Water Table

• Aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This word describes when rock has spaces that allows water to move through

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Surface Water

• Drainage Divide

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is an example of Point Source Water pollution?

• Wastewater pipe draining into a stream

• Runoff from agriculture

• Precipitation

• Runoff from city

What is an example of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution?

• Runoff from city

• Wastewater into a stream

• Factory chemical leak

• Landfill

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is a watershed?

• Land that collects and channels water froma small body of water to a larger body of water
• the shape of the land determined by elevation
• A natural stream of water of considerable  volume
• a river and all its tributaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What process is happening in number 6?

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

• accumulation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is number 1 in the diagram?

• condensation

• evaporation

• runoff

• precipitation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4