Chp. 3 Watershed Vocabulary Quiz

This picture represents a/an __________________________ stream which is a stream that flows,dries up, and flows again at different times of the year depending on the weather.

• tributary

• watershed

• intermittent

• creek

The area of land that drains to form a river usually made up of watersheds and sub-watersheds.

• river basin

• topographic map

• coastal basin

• headwater

The headwaters is found where on the illustration which is the high ground where precipitation first collects and starts to flow downhill?

• mountains

• wetlands

• aquifer

• valley

This picture represents ____________________________ which is water pollution that comes from a single source?

• non-point source pollution

• fossil fuels

• point source pollution

The highlighted green area on the map of Texas represents a/an ___________________?

• river basin

• coastal bain

• watershed address

• tributary

________________ ___________ flows for most or all of the year.

• ephemeral stream

• perennial stream

• seasonal stream

• dry stream

You currently live in what major river basin?

• Brazos River Basin

• Colorado River Basin

• Bee Creek River Basin

• Navasota River Basin

This is a diagram of a/an ___________________________ which consists of all the land that water drains into specific body of water?

• watershed

• tributary

• aquifer

• streambank

Some streams only flow for a part of the year usually after long periods of rain or storms. These streams are called ________________________?

• ephemeral

• perennial

• permanent

• none of the answers

Particles such as silt, sand, rock, or other matter carried by water falling out of suspension causing a change.

• sedimentation

• erosion

• precipitation