Study Guide - Watershed Unit

An area of land that drains into a body of water

• Wetland

• Watershed

• River System

• Estuary

A coastal inlet or a bay where a fresh and saltwater mix.

• Wetland

• Watershed

• Estuary

• Brackish

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

A major river and all its smaller rivers and streams

• River System

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Watershed

A smaller body of water that runs into a larger body of water

• Tributary

• River System

• Divide

• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of higher elevation that separates a watershed

• River System

• Watershed

• Divide

• Estuary

An area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water for 6 months or all year.

• Watershed

• Estuary

• Wetland

• River System

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

This is another name for a watershed.

• Wetland

• River System

• Estuary

• Drainage Basin

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The major rivers in Virginia that are part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

• Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

• Holston, Roanoke, Clinch, Potomac

• York, New, Powell, Clinch

• James, Roanoke, Powell, Holston

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is NOT a reason wetlands are important.

• Maintain water quality by filtering pollutants

• Provide habitats for plants/animals

• Control flooding by absorbing runoff

• Have few nutrients for plants/animals.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Water that is a mixture of salt and freshwater is called ...

• Estuary

• Wetland

• Watershed

• Brackish