Watershed

The health of an ecosystem is directly related to the:

• Air quality
• Amount of animals in the area
• Water quality
• Amount of food in the area

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What is an area of higher elevation that separates watersheds?

• Estuary
• Divide
• Wetland
• Transition zones

What is a watershed?

• Water in an area
• Water that flows into a river or stream
• Land that water flows over and through
• Water that is salty

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What is all the water that runs off the surface of the land and washes into rivers, streams, and other waterways called?

• Runoff
• Storm Drain
• Surface Water
• Tributary

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What is erosion?

• When rocks and sand are moved by water
• When water gets contaminated
• When plants grow next to a river
• When rocks are broken apart by water

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what is a tributary

• large body of water entering a stream or river

• part of a stream or river that adds to a larger body of water

• polution added to large body of water

What is a watershed?

• Land that collects and channels water from a small body of water to a larger body of water

• the shape of the land determined by elevation

• A natural stream of water of considerable volume

• a river and all its tributaries

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All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

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Water stored  in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground
• surface water

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What is an area where fresh water and saltwater meet?

• Estuary

• Divide

• Wetland

• Transition zones

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