Quiz 7: Watersheds

What do you call land area where all the water drains into the same body of water?

• Runoff

• Watershed

• condensation

• reservoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the area of higher elevation that separates watersheds?

• Estuary

• Divide

• Wetland

• Transition zones

The diagram shows a river and four cities on that river. When the water from the river was sampled at location X, it was determined to be polluted with various chemicals. What would be the most likely source for this pollution?

• City 1 and City 2
• City 2 and City 3
• City 3 and City 4
• City 1 and City 4

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Look closely at the map of the watershed below. If water enters the watershed at the top of the mountain where the arrow is pointing, at which point will it stop draining?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The boundaries of a watershed are determined by ___________

• Elevation

• Soil type

• The amount of water that flows

• The kinds of organisms found in the area

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following models BEST represents how water flows in a watershed?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How were the Great Lakes created?

• by the clearing of forests

• by the damming of rivers

• by the melting of glaciers

• by the shrinking of oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Which factor does NOT affect the flow of water in a watershed?

• amount of precipitation

• elevation of land

• amount of pollution in water

• material on land surface

How did Plaster Creek get it's name?

• The amount of plastic found in the creek

• Ancient native American name

• After the Plaster family

• Mining of gypsum that polluted plaster into the creek

Answer explanation

Originally derived from the Native American Ken-o-Shae, meaning "place of the pike", the waterway took on the name Plaster Creek from the significant plaster dumped into water from local plaster mining