Virginia Watersheds

Which state is NOT included in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• Virginia

• Maine

• New York

• Pennsylvania

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

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

• Estuary

• Divide

• Wetland

• Tributary

Tags

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

Tags

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

Tags

NGSS.4-ESS2-2

Watersheds can consist of smaller subwatersheds.

• true

• false

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Why is gravity a factor in watersheds? 

• it causes the water to flow away from a watershed
• it causes the water to flow down towards a watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which watershed is the largest in Virginia?

• York Watershed

• Shenandoah Watershed

• James River Watershed

• Albemarle Sound Watershed

Biotic means...

• the living things in the ecosystem

• the nonliving things in the ecosystem

• the living things that affect the cropland

• the nonliving things that affect the cropland

Abiotic means...

• the living things in the ecosystem

• the nonliving things in the ecosystem

• the living things that affect the cropland

• the nonliving things that affect the cropland

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

All of these are abiotic factors except

• Deer

• Rocks

• Soil

• Air

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3