Watersheds Quiz

Where is most water found on the Earth? 

• In Glaciers
• In Lakes
• In Rivers
• In the Ocean

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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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A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.

• rill
• gully
• stream channel
• watershed

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What is a watershed?

• A water park
• An area of land that drains into a stream, river, or lake
• A storm drain
• A place to store water for use in an emergency

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What % of the world is water?

• 20%

• 50%

• 70%

• 97%

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What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor? 

• Evaporating
• Condensing
• Precipitating

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What is water doing when it changes to water? 

• Evaporating
• Condensing
• Precipitating

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When plants lose water into the atmosphere as a gas, this is called. . .

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• transpiration

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Water Droplets in clouds become heavy and fall back to earth

• evaporation
• condensation
• precipitation
• transpiration

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What describes the smaller streams and rivers that feed into the larger streams/rivers?

• Branches

• Tributaries

• Channels

• Aquifers