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A smaller stream or river that flows into a main river

What is a tributary?

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The land area that supplies water to a river system.

What is a watershed?

Category 1Question 2

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The many small streams that come together at the source

of a river.

What are headwaters?

Category 1Question 3

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This is made up of a river and all its tributaries

together. (Two words).

What is a river system?

Category 1Question 4

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The broad, flat valley through which a river flows.

What is a flood plain?

Category 1Question 5

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Plants grow throughout a pond because the water is shallow enough for this to

reach the bottom.

What is sunlight?

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Originally a looping curve in a river, this small body of

water may be cut off during dryer seasons.

What is an oxbow lake?

Category 2Question 2

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A manmade lake that stores water for human use, among

other things.

What is a reservoir?

Category 2Question 3

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A seasonal change that refreshes the supply of

nutrients throughout a lake.

What is lake turnover?

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The process in which levels of nutrients build up in a

lake, oftentimes leading to the lake drying up and becoming a meadow.

What is eutrophication?

Category 2Question 5

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Water that flows over the ground surface rather than

soaking in.

What is runoff?

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Particles of rock and soil that are picked up and

moved through the processes of erosion and

deposition.

What are sediments?

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Although these are found in the salty ocean water, they

actually consist of fresh water.

What are icebergs?

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Huge masses of ice and snow that move slowly over

the land.

What are glaciers?

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An area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all

of the year.

What is a wetland?

Category 3Question 5

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An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds

water.

What is an aquifer?

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New water that enters an aquifer.

What is recharge?

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Places where groundwater bubbles or flows out of

cracks in the rock.

What is a spring?

Category 4Question 3

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Having pores or openings that permit liquids or gases

to pass through.

What is permeable?

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Category 4Question 5

An underground area of permeable material that is

totally filled with water.

What is the saturated zone?