Watersheds Quiz

Match the following

• causes water in a watershed drain to the lowest water source in the area

• Gravity

• determines the area of a particular watershed

• Boundaries

• an area that catches the water that falls to Earth’s surface and drains it to a common point

• Watershed

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What are some ways that watersheds can be polluted? (select all that apply)

• sewers emptying into rivers

• oil leaking

• littering

• washing car

• picking up after pets

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Match the following

• groundwater

• water that soaks into and collects under the ground

• surface water

• water traveling over the land surface before reaching a stream

• runoff

• streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, oceans

• fertilizers and pesticides

• common farming pollutants

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What are some ways to prevent watershed pollution? (select all that apply)

• picking up after pets

• planting trees and grass

• reducing fertilizer use

• washing car

• littering

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What types of habitats are wetlands? (select all that apply)

• bog

• desert

• swamp

• forest

• marsh

An area of land where the surface water and ground water drain into a particular body of water.

• aquifer
• watershed
• subsidence
• divide

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What is the process of water droplets in clouds becoming heavy and falling back to earth?

• evaporation

• condensation

• precipitation

• transpiration

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____________ is water from precipitation that moves across the ground surface before ending up in a stream, creek, or bayou.

• watershed

• groundwater

• runoff

• aquifer

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_____________ is when the rock or soil of Earth's surface is moved to another location by water, wind or ice.

• Deposition
• Weathering
• Erosion
• Abiotic Factors

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Why is gravity a factor in watersheds? 

• it causes the water to flow away from a watershed

• it causes the water to flow into and through a watershed

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