End of Year Review Water Unit

The largest watershed in Virginia is the ______________________.

• Albemarle Sound

• Chesapeake Bay

• James

• Roanoke

The Rappahannock River, Potomac River, James River and the York River all flow into which watershed?

• Gulf Of Mexico

• Albemarle Sound

• Roanoke

• Chesapeake Bay

Most of the Earth's fresh water is found ____________________.

• at the grocery store.

• in streams, lakes, rivers.

• in huge masses of ice near the North and South Poles.

• in the ocean.

The land that water flows across or through on its way to a body of water is called a _________________.

• wetland

• tributary

• watershed

• estuary

What do you call a place where fresh water and salt meet?

• tributary

• estuary

• watershed

• wetland

A stream or river that runs into another stream or river is called a ___________________.

• wetland

• tributary

• estuary

• watershed

A ____________________ (or ridgeline) separates one watershed from another watershed.

• water table

• divide

• river

• wetland

Wetlands help control runoff by ___________________________.

• storing flood waters within its environment

• putting excessive amounts of nutrients into the ground.

• cleaning and filtering the water that enters the wetlands.

• reducing erosion.

Abiotic means _______________.

• living

• nonliving

The only substance on Earth that is commonly found in all 3 states is ________________.

• Gold

• Hydrogen Peroxide

• Water

• Carbon Dioxide