Watershed Vocab / test review

What is the term for the nonliving part of an ecosystem?

• Biotic

• Habitat

• Abiotic

• Ecosystem

Which term describes the living part of an ecosystem?

• Abiotic

• Biotic

• Habitat

• Ecosystem

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What does the term 'divide' refer to in the context of watersheds?

• A ridge of land that separates one drainage basin or watershed from another.

• A method to calculate water flow

• A type of water filtration system

• The process of water evaporation from a watershed

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What is an estuary?

• A coastal inlet or bay where freshwater mixes with salty ocean water.

• A large body of freshwater

• A small stream of water

• A man-made water reservoir

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What does the term 'eutrophication' mean?

• The process of heating a liquid to cause vaporization

• The process by which nutrients in a lake build up over time, causing an increase

  in the growth of algae.

• The process of removing salt from seawater

• The conversion of forested areas to non-forest land

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What is the pH scale used to measure?

• The speed of light

• The intensity of earthquakes

• The acidity or basicity of something

• The amount of heat energy

What is a watershed?

• A system of rivers and streams in a particular region

• The land area that supplies water to a river system.

• A large body of standing water, such as a lake or pond

• A man-made barrier constructed to hold back water and raise its level

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What does 'wetland' refer to?

• A type of dessert

• A dry, arid region

• An area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the

  year.

• A mountainous area

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All of the living and nonliving things in an area that interact with each other are called a/an ______.

• community
• habitat
• population
• ecosystem

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What is an ecosystem?

• The interactions among living and non-living things in an environment.

• A type of organism that can only be seen with a microscope.

• A bunch of moving parts that do work.

• The newest craze in social media.

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