Hydrosphere Vocabulary Quiz
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- Q1All the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, such as clouds.Hydrosphere
Water Cycle
Lithopsphere
Atmosphere
45s - Q2The entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries
Watershed
Groundwater
River BasinHydrosphere
45s - Q3Smaller streams and rivers that flow into a main river
Aquifer
TributariesRunoff
Groundwater
45s - Q4Water that moves across the land surface and into streams and riversRunoff
Infiltration
Aquifer
Groundwater
45s - Q5Downward movement of water through soil.
Runoff
Groundwater
InfiltrationPermeable
45s - Q6Water above the surface of the land, including lakes, rivers, streams, ponds, floodwater, and runoff.
River Basin
Surface WaterHydrosphere
Water Table
45s - Q7Does not contain any saltwater and can be rivers, lakes, streams, ponds, and wetlandsFreshwater
Hydrosphere
Aquifer
Water Table
45s - Q8Water held underground in the soil or in pores and crevices in rock.
Impermeable
Hydrosphere
GroundwaterWatershed
45s - Q9Huge, slow moving sheets of iceGlaciers
Aquifer
Tributaries
Iceberg
45s - Q10Penetrable; porous; allowing liquids or gas to pass through
Impermeable
PermeableRunoff
Groundwater
45s - Q11Impassable, not allowing liquids or gases to pass through
Permeable
ImpermeableWatershed
Aquifer
45s - Q12A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows water to flow through it.
Runoff
AquiferWatershed
Groundwater
45s - Q13The level below which the ground is saturated with water.
Watershed
Water TableSurface Water
Glacier
45s - Q14An area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
Groundwater
WatershedWater Table
Surface Water
45s - Q15A large floating mass of ice detached from a glacier or ice sheet and carried out to sea.
Glacier
Tributaries
IcebergAquifer
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