Wetlands and Watersheds of VA Review

The water from Old Donation School drains into this watershed.

(a)  

The main rivers that drain into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

• Susquehanna, Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

• South Elizabeth, Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

• James, Yorktown, Rappahannock, Potomac, Susquehanna

• Jamestown, York, Rappahannock, Potomac, Susquehanna

These separate watersheds.

• rivers

• divides

• whole mountain ranges

• streams

Which of these is GOOD for a watershed?

• excess nutrients

• animal waste

• soap suds from washing the car

• None of these

The water is south eastern Virginia Beach drains into this watershed.

• The Chesapeake Bay

• The NC Sounds

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Mississippi River

____________ are made of _____________ of smaller streams that join together.

• rivers, streams

• streams, rivers

• Tributaries, rivers

• Rivers, tributaries

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest (a)   in the United States, which is a place where fresh and salt water mix together.

WE live at the (a)   of the Chesapeake Bay, so we need to worry about ALL pollution that's going into the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

A (a)   is an area of land where all of the water that is under it or drains off of it goes into the same place.

Turbidity (the cloudiness of water) is the same thing as pollution.

• True

• False