Watershed Pre-assessment and Post Assessment 2025

Sunken land surface due to underlying compression of earth material as a result of the removal of groundwater is

• subsidence

• point source water pollution

• groundwater

• Dotties water bowl

Fertilizer can seep through the ground to reach groundwater, what effect can it have?

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to reverse flow

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to freeze

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to become undrinkable

• It will seep into the school

When water flows across the surface of the earth it is called?

• Watershed

• River

• Run Off

• Rain

Area of land where surface water and groundwater drains into a river system.

• Runoff

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Watershed

What is the type of water that moves underground?

• surface water

• water table

• groundwater

• watershed

What is all the water that runs over the surface of the land and washes into rivers, streams, and other waterways called?

• Runoff

• Storm Drain

• Surface Water

• Tributary

The water that fills lakes and rivers

• groundwater

• surface water

• water table

• saturated zone

Water stored in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater

• Bogs

• Water in the ground

• surface water

Most water pollution is the result of __________________.

• natural processes

• animal waste

• human activities

• acid rain

An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.

• water table

• aquifer

• watershed

• river