Watersheds

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

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?

• Aquifer
• Spring
• Well
• Reservoir

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

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

A geographical barrier, such as a ridge, hill or mountain, separating one watershed land area from another.

• Watershed

• Drainage Divide

• Aquifer

• Permeable

The top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all the open spaces between the rocks

• Water table

• Surface Water

• Watershed

• Drainage Divide

This word describes when rock has spaces that allows water to move through

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Surface Water

• Drainage Divide

What is an example of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution?

• Runoff from city

• Wastewater into a stream

• Factory chemical leak

• Landfill

The build up of sediment or sand as a result of water or wind moving it.

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Weathering

• Abrasion

All water eventually empties into

• an ocean

• a river

• the ground

• a lake

Watersheds always go from north to south.

• true

• false