Fresh Water

Smaller streams and rivers (tiny rivers) that feed into a large river or lake are called ________.

• Runoff
• Watersheds
• Tributaries
• River Systems

Water from rain and melting snow that flows over the ground and into streams and storm drains.

• River System
• Flood Plain
• Watershed
• Runoff

_______ is NOT one of the watersheds in the state of Virginia.

• Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Delaware Bay Watershed
• Mississippi River Watershed
• North Carolina Sounds Watershed

King William county is part of which of Virginia's MAJOR watershed systems?

• Chesapeake Bay

• North Carolina Sound

• Gulf of Mexico

• All of the above

The health of an ecosystem is directly related to the:

• Air quality
• Amount of animals in the area
• Water quality
• Amount of food in the area

Abiotic means: 

• Living
• Dead
• Non-living
• Water

All of the following are examples of wetlands except:

• Bogs
• Prairies
• Marshes
• Swamps

What is an area of higher elevation that separates watersheds?

• Estuary
• Divide
• Wetland
• Transition zones

What kind of plants show you that you are in a bog?

• grasses
• trees
• moss

What kind of plants show you that you are in a swamp?

• grasses
• trees
• moss