E4Q2: Assess It! (DO LAST)

1. A watershed is an important area to all living things because it ______.

• provides shelter for humans
• keeps us safe from harmful pollutants
• provides us with surface and groundwater
• gives us access to minerals

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2. Groundwater is stored in a/an __________

• reservoir
• aquifer
• streams
• lakes

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3. Which is not an example of non-point source pollution?

• Factory dumping chemicals into the water
• Throwing grass clippings down the storm drain
• Throwing trash out the car window
• Washing the car with soap on the driveway

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9. Which of these does not make up a watershed?

• Lake
• Stream
• Groundwater
• All are part of a watershed

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10. The area that separates two watersheds is called a/an ___________.

• Outflow
• Drainage Basin
• Divide
• Footprint

Water is considered a (4) ​ (a)   . When rain falls it can be found in rivers, lakes, streams, and other bodies of water. This is known as (5) ​ (b)   . As it soaks into the soil and spreads down, it becomes (6) ​ (c)   . This type of water is held in aquifers. All of these places where water is found is known as an area’s (7) ​ (d)   . These regions can be separated by high points, like hills and mountains, known as (8) ​ (e)   .

• renewable resource
• watershed
• groundwater
• surface water
• divide
• nonrenewable resource
• ocean
• reservoir
• irrigation
• plateau

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