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The Water Planet Vocabulary

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Water that is mostly pure with few dissolved salts.

a)

Fresh Water

b)

Ground Water

c)

Ocean Water

d)

River Water

2.

What is water called that is found on Earth's surface?

a)

Ground Water

b)

Surface Water

c)

Ocean Water

d)

Fresh Water

3.

Water that flows over the land and has not been absorbed into the ground is called?

a)

Runoff

b)

precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Water shed

4.

A net work of connected rivers and streams is called?

a)

River

b)

River Systems

c)

Aquifers

d)

Runoff

5.

All the land area that drains into a river system is called?

a)

River System

b)

Estuary

c)

Watershed

d)

Groundwater

6.

Fresh water found below the Earth's surface is called?

a)

Surface Water

b)

Estuary

c)

River shed

d)

Ground water

7.

Soil and rock layers with spaces for water to pass through is called?

a)

Ground water

b)

Permeable

c)

Impermeable

d)

Watershed

8.

Rock, soil, or gravel that holds water is called

a)

Aquifer

b)

Water Shed

c)

River

d)

Mud puddle

9.

The boundary between the zone of saturation in an aquifer and the zone of aeration is called?

a)

Water table

b)

Recharge zone

c)

Watershed

d)

Aquifer

10.

A hole dug into an aquifer to reach groundwater is called?

a)

River

b)

Swamp

c)

Well

d)

Recharge zone