Water usage and management

An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?

• Reservoir
• Aquifer
• Groundwater
• Watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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Main sources of freshwater may include:

• Saltwater

• Estuaries

• Groundwater and surface water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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About _________ percent of all the water on Earth is in the form of salt water.

• 90

• 97

• 95

• 98

Water that seeps into soil and enters through aquifers is called _____?

• Reservoir

• Standing Water

• Running Water

• Groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where does water go when water evaporates from a puddle on the street?

• It doesn't go anywhere

• It sinks into the street

• It rises into the atmosphere

• It goes into outer space

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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An area where freshwater feeds into saltwater.

• rivers

• tide pools

• estuaries

• oceans

Which is an example of a wetland?

• reservoirs

• marshes

• ponds

• lakes

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Where is most of earth's freshwater found?

• in lakes and rivers
• in the ground
• in the clouds
• in polar ice caps and glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A ……………….. is most commonly used to access groundwater.

• well

• pond

• river

• tap

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following is a measure of a material's ability to transmit fluids through interconnected pore spaces?

• capacity
• competence
• permeability
• porosity