Watersheds

Which watershed is number 1 on the map?

• Gulf of Mexico

• North Carolina Sounds

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

What watershed is number 3 on the map?

• North Carolina Sounds

• Gulf of Mexico

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What watershed is number 2 on the map?

• North Carolina Sounds

• Gulf of Mexico

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Boundary between dry land and water that is saturated with water.

• Watershed

• Divide

• Wetland

• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Areas of high elevation that separate watersheds.

• Divide

• Wetland

• Tributary

• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A place where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.

• Estuary

• Divide

• Wetland

• Tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Divide

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Streams and rivers (river systems) that combine and eventually flow into the a watershed.

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Estuary

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

Which one is an example of Non-point source pollution?

• Littering

• Using pesticide

• Using fertilizer

• All the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Which is an example of point source pollution?

• Littering

• Factory discharge going into the river

• Using pesticide

• Using fertilizer