Water Review Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
What is an area that drains a river system called? | Watershed |
What's located between the zone of aeration and the zone of saturation? | Water Table |
What do we call rock and soil that is deposited by a stream? | sediment |
What is a deposit of sediment that is formed at the bottom of a hill called? | Alluvial fan |
What is an area of higher ground between watersheds called? | divide |
What is the area next to a river that forms when the river floods? | floodplain |
What is the movement of soil from one place to another called? | erosion |
Water that flows across the surface would be called __? | runoff |
What is the process whereby a river lays down materials? | deposition |
The pathway a stream/river follows is known as its __? | channel |
What type of pollution occurs from runoff from farm fields? | non-point |
What is water that is found underground called? | groundwater |
If water temperature increases, what gas in the water will decrease? | oxygen |
Which part of the water cycle involves changing liquid water to a gas? | evaporation |
Which part of the water cycle involves changing water vapor to water? | condensation |
In which part of the water cycle does water fall to the earth? | precipitation |
What is it called when water moves through the soil? | percolation |
What is a method of flood control that involves building up the banks of the river? | levee |
What is a small stream that flows into a larger river called? | Tributary |
What are deposits found on the ceilings of caves called? | stalactites |
What are deposits found on the floor of caves called? | stalagmites |
What type of river has a wide, flat floodplain and many bends? | old river |
What type of river is steep and fast flowing? | young river |
What type of pollution comes from just one source? | Point-source pollution |
How are rocks that allow water to flow through described? | permeable |
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