Watersheds and Wetlands quiz review

Even though the Chesapeake Bay is primarily located off the coast of Virginia, human activity in other states can affect the water quality in the estuary. How is this possible?

• Pollution from six different states can end up in the Chesapeake Bay

• Pollution from New Jersey contaminates the Atlantic Ocean

• Citizens from other states send their trash to Virginia

• Streams start in the state of New York and end in Virginia

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Which watershed is number 1 on the map?

• Gulf of Mexico

• North Carolina Sounds

• Chesapeake Bay

• All of the above

A place where fresh water from rivers mixes with salt water from the ocean.

• Estuary

• Divide

• Wetland

• Tributary

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What is letter A in the picture?

• Ocean

• River

• Estuary

• Wetland

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Fertilizer can seep through the ground to reach groundwater, what effect can it have?

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to reverse flow

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to freeze

• Fertilizer can cause groundwater to become undrinkable

• It will seep into the school

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Factors within an ecosystem that are NOT living. (Rocks/Water/Air)

• Biotic

• Watershed

• Abiotic

• Erosion

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___________________ washes agricultural wastes, including animal wastes, fertilizers, and pesticides, into bodies of water, causing algae to grow.

• Runoff

• Peak flow

• Groundwater

• Municipal sewage

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They help control floods by soaking water into their land and remove excess nutrients from runoff.

• floodplains

• tributaries

• wetlands

• estuaries

Select the abiotic factor from the list below.

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Select all the biotic factors that could affect an ecosystem

• a factory

• trees

• animals

• pesticides

• humans

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