Middle School Quarter Test

What does this picture show?

• Precipitation

• Watershed

• Runoff

What is this?

• runoff

• Watershed

• groundwater

What definition BEST describes a watershed?

• An area where water infiltrates the soil

• An area where aquatic plants and animals thrive

• An area where snow melts and changes into liquid water

• An area that collects precipitation and drains it to the lowest point

The process where water or irrigation runs over land and seeps into the ground, or flows into streams or oceans.

• water cycle

• runoff

• precipitation

• evaporation

The use of pesticides and fertilizers is carefully monitored because of the effect they can have on the environment. Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use of these chemical on the environment?

• Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams.
• Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk.
• 
  These chemicals are expensive to produce.
  
• Storage space for these chemicals is limited.

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

Wastes produced by agriculture, households, industry, mining, and other human activities can end up in ______________.

• groundwater
• streams and rivers
• oceans
• All of these choices

If water can easily move between cracks of a rock, we can say that...

• water is permeable

• rock is permeable

• rock is impermeable

• water is impermeable

Define permeability

• Water

• Nothing

• Percent of volume of open spaces in rock or sediment

• Ability rock/sediment fluids pass through open spaces/pores

Which of the following are benefits of gardening with native plants?

• protecting wildlife habitat

• creating a sense of place

• maintaining and conserving plant biodiversity

• all of these