watershed

Watersheds are important because they

• prevent surface runoff
• increase the soils pore space
• removes salt from ocean water
• prevents floods and provides fresh water

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Fertilizer from people's yards is a point source pollution

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What do you call the land that water flows across, under, and through on its way to a body of water?

• Tributary
• River system
• Headwaters
• Watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Biotic factors of a watershed are:

• Living
• Non-living

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What do you call an area of higher ground that separates watersheds?

• River
• Divide
• Tributary
• Flood Plain

A layer of permeable rock that allows water to flow through.

• ground water
• aquifer
• subsidence
• point source

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When bleach and other cleaners are poured down the drain and make their way into the water supply, which type of pollution as occurred?

• thermal pollution
• biological pollution
• thermal pollution
• chemical pollution

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NGSS.MS-PS1-3

Overflow from a pipe at a sewage treatment plant is a point source pollution

• True
• False

What occurs when used engine oil is poured into the pit in the ground?

• The oil remains sealed in the small disposal pit and does not affect the groundwater.

• The oil seeps through the soil until it leaks into the groundwater

• The oil seeps through the soil but stops before it reaches the groundwater

• The oil creates a barrier in Mrs. Dyess' room

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

The photo shows rusting barrels floating in shallow river water. How will the rusting barrels in this stream affect the surface water in the watershed?

• The barrels will alter the course of the surface water that reaches the river.

• The barrels will not affect the surface water that reaches the river.

• The barrels will pollute the surface water that reaches the river.

• The barrels will be fun for Mrs. Glaesmann to ride down the river.