Watersheds

The boundary around a watershed is called the

• watershed.

• divide.

• sub-watershed.

• transpiration.

Which state is NOT included in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• Virginia

• Maine

• New York

• Pennsylvania

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

Which watershed is number 1 on the map?

• Gulf of Mexico

• North Carolina Sounds

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

What watershed is number 3 on the map?

• North Carolina Sounds

• Gulf of Mexico

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

What watershed is number 2 on the map?

• North Carolina Sounds

• Gulf of Mexico

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

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

• Estuary

• Divide

• Wetland

• Tributary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

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

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Estuary

• Watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Our watershed is part of a larger watershed called - 

• Gulf of Mexico
• Mississippi Valley Watershed
•  Chesapeake Bay Watershed
• Abemarle Sound

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

The small rivers in this diagram to connect together represent...

• Tributaries

• Run-off

• The Floodplain

• The Watershed Boundaries

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NGSS.4-ESS2-2

Which number best represents a floodplain?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4