Watershed Review

Match the following

• Water dripping through rock layers

• Permeable

• Water is able to flow through

• Percolation

• Water running down on the surface of the Earth

• Runoff

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What definition BEST describes a watershed?

• An area where water infiltrates the soil

• An area where aquatic plants and animals thrive

• An area where snow melts and changes into liquid water

• An area that collects precipitation and drains it to the lowest point

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The boundaries of a watershed are determined by ___________

• Elevation

• Soil type

• The amount of water that flows

• The kinds of organisms found in the area

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Which of the following human activities is LEAST likely to affect watersheds?

• Flying in an airplane

• Cutting down trees

• Fertilizing lawns

• Reading a book

Which statement about water pollution is TRUE?

• Pollution only affects surface water.

• Pollution cannot be dissolved in water.

• Pollution affects both surface and groundwater.

• Pollution cannot travel through soil to groundwater.

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Aquifer is an area of permeable rock on the land surface that holds groundwater.

• True

• False

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All water below the surface of land is called__________.

• water table

• watershed

• groundwater

• runoff

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What is NOT true about an aquatic macro invertebrate?

• Found in water
• Big enough to be seen without a microscope
• Has a backbone
• Does not have a backbone

What does the prefix macro mean?

• small enough that you need a microscope to see it

• very big

• big enough that you can see it with an unaided eye

• an organism that lives on the bottom

All water eventually empties into

• an ocean

• a river

• the ground

• a lake

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