ES 6.03 Quiz VA Watersheds

Which of the following is not a river of Virginia?

• Roanoke River

• Mississippi River

• Holston River

• James River

The North Carolina Sound is also called the

• Pamlico Sound

• Albemarle Sound

• Bay Sound

• Atlantic Shore Sound

Into which body of water do rivers from Virginia flow via the Mississippi River?

• North Carolina Sound

• Chesapeake Bay

• Atlantic Ocean

• Gulf of Mexico

Which of the following is not a watershed of Virginia?

• Pamlico Sound Drainage Basin

• Chesapeake Bay Drainage Basin

• Gulf of Mexico Drainage Basin

• Albemarle Sound Drainage Basin

Which of these rivers empties into the Gulf of Mexico watershed?

• Potomac

• New

• York

• Roanoke

The York, James, and Rappahannock Rivers all flow into which major body of water?

• Gulf of Mexico

• Atlantic Ocean

• Chesapeake Bay

• Albemarle Sound

Which of these rivers drains into the Albemarle Sound?

• York River

• Potomac River

• Chowan River

• New River

What is carried by the rivers into their drainage basins?

• Pollution

• Sediments

• All of these

• Nutrients

What features are typical of a river moving from higher to lower elevations, such as the New River?

• Rapids and water falls

• Slow Moving Water

• Warm Water

What is a possible danger of large volumes of sediments and pollution being deposited into the Chesapeake Bay, the North Carolina sounds, and the Gulf of Mexico?

• Eutrophication

• Hypoxic 'dead' zones

• Damage to the Ecosystem

• All of these