6.8 Watershed Vocabulary

an area of land that drains into a river, lake, ocean, or other larger body of water

• ecosystem

• wetland

• watershed

• habitat

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living and nonliving things interacting with each other in a certain place form a-

• environment

• watershed

• ecosystem

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biotic factors are

• living factors in an ecosystem

• nonliving factors in an ecosystem

abiotic factors are-

• living factors in an ecosystem

• nonliving factors in an ecosystem

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Which of the following is NOT a biotic factor?

• tree

• grass

• soil

• plants

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soil, air, water, rocks are all-

• biotic factors

• abiotic factors

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plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria

• abiotic

• biotic

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water that has seeped below the surface of the ground

• ground water

• surface water

• collection

• runoff

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Precipitation that flows downhill without sinking into the ground is-

• precipitation

• collection

• runoff

• groundwater

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a small flowing body of freshwater

• stream

• river

• lake

• ocen