TEST: Watersheds

LAND that supplies water to a river system is a ___.

• estuary

• divide

• watershed

• water quality

Which of the following is abiotic?

Choose 3.

• water

• geology

• plants

• animals

• soil

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Living or once living factors of an ecosystem are called __.

• neutral

• nonliving

• abiotic

• biotic

What is the largest MAJOR watershed in VA?

HINT: Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James rivers flow into it

• Chesapeake Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

• NC Sounds

If you lived in the BLUE part of Virginia and poured oil into a river, what MAJOR watershed would be affected?

• Chesapeake Bay

• Mississippi River/Gulf of Mexico

• NC Sounds

• Pacific Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

If you lived in the GREEN part of Virginia and poured oil into a creek, which MAJOR watershed would be affected?

• NC Sounds

• Chesapeake Bay

• Gulf of Mexico

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is the largest watershed in VA?

• James River

• New River

• Roanoke River

• York River

The small creeks, streams, and rivers that drain into a main river are called __.

• wetlands

• estuaries

• tributaries

• watersheds

TRUE or FALSE: When identifying the number of tributaries of a river, count only those waterways that drain directly into the main river.

• TRUE

• FALSE

All plants and animals in an ecosystem are ___ factors

• abiotic

• biotic

• divides

• tributaries

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4