Watersheds and Wetlands

Unit 3: Watersheds Review

Learning Goal: Review Watersheds, wetlands, & ecosystems in order to prepare for our upcoming Unit 3 quiz.

The Water Cycle

Learning Goal: I can name and describe the parts of the water cycle.

Multiple Choice

What is water vapor?

• Water on the land (geosphere)

• Water in the air (atmosphere)

• Water in plants

• Water in the water (hydrosphere)

Multiple Choice

Which of the following causes all of the water on the planet to change its state (solid, liquid, gas) and move through the water cycle?

• amount of plant matter
• location of ice caps
• size of ocean
• temperature

Multiple Choice

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Multiple Choice

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

Multiple Choice

What BEST describes a complete water cycle?

• bathtub → drain → treatment plant → faucet

• plant → river → lake → groundwater

• snow → ice → puddle → drink

• lake → cloud → rain → river

Multiple Choice

What is another name for rain, sleet, snow and hail?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• water vapor

• water cycle

Multiple Choice

Which will most likely form during the condensation process?

• rain
• hail
• clouds
• runoff

Multiple Choice

3 states of water found on earth

• solid, liquid & gas
• oceans, lakes & streams
• evaporation, transpiration
• rain, sleet & hail

Watersheds

Learning Goal: I will be able to identify the roles that water and land have in a watershed system.

Multiple Choice

What is a partially enclosed body of water that has a mixture of salt water from the ocean and fresh water from rivers and streams?

• Estuary
• Watershed
• Tributary
• Bay

Multiple Choice

Brackish water is:

• Salty
• Fresh
• Found only in extremely cold water
• A mix of salty and fresh

Multiple Choice

What is a channel of water that flows into a larger one?

• Estuary

• Floodplain

• Wetland

• Tributary

Multiple Choice

Why is gravity a factor in watersheds? 

• it causes the water to flow away from a watershed
• it causes the water to flow down towards a watershed

Multiple Choice

What is a body of water that combines freshwater from rivers and lakes with saltwater from the ocean?

• Estuary

• Floodplain

• Wetland

• Tributary

Multiple Choice

Plants are important in stopping runoff from getting into nearby waterways.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

The boundary around a watershed is called a

• watershed.

• divide.

• sub-watershed.

• transpiration.

Multiple Choice

An area of land that drains to a particular river, lake, bay, or other body of water.

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Divide

• Watershed

Multiple Choice

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

Multiple Choice

Water stored  in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground
• surface water

Wetlands

Learning Goal:

Multiple Choice

What is a land area that can be covered with water at various points throughout the year?

• Estuary

• Floodplain

• Wetland

• Tributary

Multiple Choice

Wetlands are very important in stopping runoff.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

What is true about wetlands?

• They neutralize toxic substances

• They create excess water causing runoff.

• They expose young wildlife to predators.

• They add silt and debris to the water.

Multiple Choice

All of the following are examples of wetlands except:

• Bogs
• Prairies
• Marshes
• Swamps

Abiotic & Biotic Factors

Learning Goal: I will be able to describe abiotic and biotic factors in an ecosystem.

Multiple Choice

What does the word root 'bio-' mean?

• living

• dead

• science

• study

Multiple Choice

Biotic factors are ___________.

• non-living parts of an ecosystem

• living parts of an ecosystem

• things that once were alive, but now are dead

• not important parts of ecosystems.

Multiple Choice

Abiotic factors are ___________.

• non-living parts of an ecosystem

• living parts of an ecosystem

• things that once were alive, but now are dead

• not important parts of ecosystems.

Multiple Choice

An ecosystem is made up of __________.

• living things only

• non-living things only

• both living and non-living things

Multiple Choice

Is disease a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

Multiple Choice

Is precipitation a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

Multiple Choice

Is temperature a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

Multiple Choice

Is water a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

Multiple Choice

Is wind a biotic or abiotic factor?

• biotic

• abiotic

Ecosystems & Human Impact

Multiple Choice

The use of pesticides and fertilizers must be carefully monitored 
because of the effect they can have on the environment. 
Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use 
of these chemicals on the environment?

• Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams.
• Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk.
• 
  These chemicals are expensive to produce.
  
• Storage space for these chemicals is limited.

Multiple Choice

If a person dumps oil down the drain by their home (even miles away), it can end up in far away places like a bay or ocean.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

When fertilizers enter surface water, they cause problems in

the watersheds by -

• increasing the amount of nutrients available to fish in lakes and streams.

• clogging narrow streams and preventing water from flowing properly.

• raising the water level in nearby rivers to levels leading to flooding.

• causing rapid algal growth that decrease oxygen levels and choke aquatic life.