Watershed Test Review

What is the largest watershed in VA?

• James River

• Appomattox River

• New River

• Shenandoah River

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the MAJOR watershed located in SW Virginia, area in blue?

• Gulf of Mexico Watershed

• Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• NC Sounds Watershed

• Atlantic Ocean

What is the correct order of the 4 rivers that drain to the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?

• Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

• York, Potomac, James, Rappahannock

• Rappahannock, James, Potomac, York

• James, Rappahannock, Potomac, York

A/an __ is a community of biotic factors and the abiotic factors that affect it.

• wetlands

• ecosystem

• estuary

• divide

What determines the type of ecosystem an area has?

• abiotic factors such as temperature and precipitation

• number of tributaries

• rivers

• water quality

Water moss, bacteria, salmon, algae and seaweed are __ factors of an ecosystem.

• nonliving

• abiotic

• biotic

• green

What is the name of the MAJOR watershed in pink?

• NC Sounds Watershed

• Mississippi River Watershed

• Chesapeake Bay Watershed

• Gulf of Mexico Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where do all watersheds in Virginia ultimately drain towards?

• Appomattox River

• Indian Ocean

• Atlantic Ocean

• Pacific Ocean

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is not a function of a wetlands?

• filters pollution

• causes pollution

• controls erosion

• prevents flooding

What is the largest estuary in US?

• Chesapeake Bay

• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• James River