Green Duwamish Vocab Quiz

Not being harmful to the environment

Not depleting natural resources

• Sustainable

• Impact

• Pollution

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

A land area that channels rainfall and snowmelt into creeks, then streams, then rivers and eventually flows into a larger body of water like an ocean, bay or lake.

• Sustainable

• Impact

• Pollution

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A strong effect on something

• Sustainable

• Impact

• Pollution

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

When large amounts of harmful gasses, smoke or chemicals are introduced to the environment

• Sustainable

• Impact

• Pollution

• Watershed

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Rain and chemicals that can’t be absorbed into the ground because they are flowing down streets, off of roofs and large concrete areas

• Permeability

• Outfall

• Storm Drains

• Stormwater Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A place in a street or large concrete area that intakes large quantities of water and debris

• Permeability

• Outfall

• Storm Drains

• Stormwater Runoff

A place where a river, drain or sewer empties Into a sea, river or lake

• Permeability

• Outfall

• Storm Drains

• Stormwater Runoff

The ability of a substance or material to absorb liquid

• Permeability

• Outfall

• Storm Drains

• Stormwater Runoff

Major river in Puget Sound area; it is 65 miles long; it begins near Stampede Pass and empties into Elliott Bay in Seattle

• Green Duwamish River

• Estuary

• Keystone Species

• Natural Runoff

When there is more water than the land can absorb this can happen because of big rainstorms or snowmelt

• Green Duwamish River

• Estuary

• Keystone Species

• Natural Runoff

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4