4.8abcd Virginia Natural Resources

Virginia's water resources includes all of the following EXCEPT:

• rivers

• bays

• pools

• lakes

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A _____ is a body of water partly enclosed by land.

A ______ is a large body of water surrounded on all sides by land.

This large body of water is located to the east of Virginia and has a high amount of salt in it.

• Atlantic Ocean
• Pacific Ocean

• Indian Ocean

• Arctic Ocean

This is a large, flowing body of water that empties into a sea or ocean.

• ocean

• bay

• lake

• river

A __________ is an area over which surface water flows to a single collection place. Every part of Virginia is part of this.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What covers half of Virginia's land area?

• The Gulf of Mexico

• The North Carolina Sounds

• Chesapeake Bay

• Atlantic Ocean

True or False: Other major watersheds in the United States include The Gulf of Mexico and the South Carolina Sounds

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

True or False: "We all live downstream" means the things we do to our water affects people, plants, and animals that live downstream. If someone upstream pollutes a river, the pollution affects us.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

True or False: Plants can provide humans with leather.