Virginia Watersheds

Petersburg is in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

• True

• False

Which is an example of how paved surfaces affect watersheds in a negative way?

• They carry pollutants into the watershed.

• They improve the flow of water to the watershed.

• They increase the quality of water flowing to the watershed.

• They don't affect the watershed negatively.

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Virginia's rivers drain into which of these bodies of water?

• Mississippi River

• Ablemarle Sound

• Chesapeake Bay

• Atlantic Ocean

Do all bodies of water have an associated watershed?

• Yes

• No

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What is not a result of fertilizer runoff?

• increased algae growth

• low amount of dissolved oxygen in Chesapeake Bay

• large amount of dissolved oxygen in Chesapeake Bay

• poor quality of aquatic life

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The Appomattox River drains into which body of water?

• Chesapeake Bay

• Albemarle Sound

• Mississippi River

• Niagara Falls

Which is not a way that soil helps protect watersheds?

• The soil has microbes that can help decompose material

• The soil can bind to pollutants

• Soil acts as a physical barrier.

• Soil does not protect watersheds.

Where is the Riverwalk in the video?

• Hopewell

• Petersburg

• Chester

• Chesapeake

How is Hopewell improving the quality of the water in the Appomattox and James Rivers?

• Directing stormwater to land to help filter pollutants

• Building a riverwalk

• Hopewell is not doing anything to improve the quality of the water

• They are using filters to capture pollutants

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Which does not have a watershed?

• Rivers

• Lakes

• Streams

• Forest