Watersheds

Which of the following is an Abiotic Factor?

• fern
• Soil
• An owl
• grass

You live in a watershed.

• True 
• False

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What is a watershed?

• a place where water comes off and flows to bodies of surface water
• the area where water is accumulates underground 
• water that has accumulated in the atmosphere
• an area under the earth's surface where infiltrated water collects

In a watershed, what creates the boundary?

• Tributaries
• Highest land surrounding the basin
• Bayous
• Lowest land surrounding the basin

Wetland prevent flooding by acting as a ___?

• thick clay, preventing the water from draining

• sponge, soaking up all the water

• doorway, for water to pass through

An area of land where the surface water and ground water drain into a particular body of water.

• aquifer
• watershed
• subsidence
• divide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers.

• surface water
• ground water
• aquifer
• watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A geographical barrier.

• aquifer
• divide
• runoff
• point source

Water from precipitation that drains into a gully  that slows into a stream, which in turn flows into a river lake, reservoir, estuary, wetland, or the ocean.

• surface water
• ground water
• runoff 
• drainage

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• ground water
• aquifer
• subsidence
• point source

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