SOL 4.8 VA's Watersheds and Natural Resources Vocabulary Test

Which of the following is the best definition for a watershed?

• A small building that collects flowing water.

• The area over which water flows to one collection place.

• The plant and animals living in one body of water.

• All of the resources found within one area of water.

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Long, ribbon-like waterways that flow toward the ocean.

• ocean

• bay

• estuary

• river

A large, inland bodies of water.

• stream

• lake

• ocean

• bay

The largest watershed in the United States.

• The Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• North Carolina Sound

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The Mississippi Watershed

Bodies of water surrounded by land on three sides and connected to a larger body of water.

• ocean

• stream

• creek

• bay

Something we find in nature that we use.

• Capital Resources

• Human Resources

• natural resources

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Substances that come from the Earth that are either metallic or nonmetallic.

• minerals

• ores

• watersheds

• estuary

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A forest that has been planted by people is called a.......

• natural forest

• Eastern forest

• cultivated forest

Streams, rivers, lakes, bays, and a vast ocean are called _______.

• estuary

• waterways

• bay

• reservoir

Cold blooded animals are called ______.

• Opossum

• Koala

• amphibians

• Spider Monkey