Environmental Impact 6th

What watershed does the James River drain into?

• Chesapeake Bay

• Delaware River

• Pamlico Sound

Chesterfield county is part of which of Virginia's MAJOR watershed systems?

• Chesapeake Bay
• North Carolina Sound
• Gulf of Mexico
• All of the above

What is it called when creeks and smaller rivers join together to make a larger river?

• River Systems

• Topography

• Watershed

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Abiotic means: 

• Living
• Dead
• Non-living
• Water

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Biotic means:

• Living
• Non-living
• Man made
• Found in nature

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a watershed?

• All water in an area

• Water that only flows into a river or stream

• The land that water flows over and through

• Water that is salty

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a partially enclosed body of water that has a mixture of salt water from the ocean and fresh water from rivers and streams?

• Estuary
• Watershed
• Tributary
• Bay

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Pollutants from a large area drain to enter a stream or creek and travel to a river. River water tested with the pollutant found is called...

• point source pollution

• nonpoint source pollution.

• eutrophic pollution

• riparian pollution

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

• Runoff
• Storm Drain
• Surface Water
• Tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is Point Source Pollution (PSP) ?

• When you cannot trace the direct source of pollution
• When you can trace the point of the source - "pipe to source"