Watersheds, Wetlands, and Estuaries

What is a transition zone between dry land and a body of water? This place has saturated soil!

• Tree canopies

• Wetlands

• Dry lands

• Oceans

Select all environments that are considered a wetland

• desert

• swamp

• bog

• ocean

• marsh

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Select all ways that wetlands can maintain water quality

• washing dishes in the river

• filtering sediment

• weathering rocks

• hibernation of animals

• breaking down pollutants

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Select all important functions of wetlands within the choices below:

• provides food and shelter for wildlife

• reduces erosion by slowing down runoff

• stores floodwater that reduces flooding

• provides nesting and resting areas for migratory birds

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The Chesapeake Bay is considered the most productive estuary in the US. How much money does the Chesapeake Bay bring in based on just fish and shellfish a year?

• $8.5 million

• $700 million

• $850 million

• $200 million

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A watershed is an area of land that water flows across on its way to a stream, lake, wetland, or other body of water.

• True

• False

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Out of the places below, select the ones where the 10 major watershed systems in Virginia lead to

• Hudson River

• Marianas Trench

• Gulf of Mexico

• Chesapeake Bay

• North Carolina Sounds

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These areas of higher elevation separate watersheds from each other

• canyons

• ridgelines

• divides

• valleys

You can find this at the edge of a watershed where fresh river waters mix the saltwater of the ocean

• estuary

• tributary

• blueberries

• estimate

water that is a combination of fresh water and saltwater

• SALTY FRESH

• muddy

• dehydrated

• brackish

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