Wetlands and Watersheds Review

What is the most common source of water pollution in the United States?

• waste dumped by factories

• sewage being discharged into rivers

• contaminants running off of surfaces such as streets, roads, and parking lots

What are the ecological benefits of wetlands?

• slow down the water and let the sediment settle out

• filter out water contaminants

• provide habitat for wildlife

• all of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Another word for the contour of the land, including the mountains, hills, and valleys

• Buffer strips

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Topography

The land area that drains into a body of water

• Watershed

• Runoff

• Topography

• Infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Pollution that comes from a specific location, such as a pipe or underground tank

• Point Source Pollution

• Nonpoint Source Pollution

• Runoff

• Infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Water that does not soak into the ground and feeds into surface waters such as rivers and streams

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Watershed

• Topography

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water that soaks through the ground and eventually feeds into the groundwater

• Topography

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Infiltration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Pollution that can come from many places, such as contaminants washing off of fields, roads, parking lots

• Point Source Pollution

• Infiltration

• Nonpoint Source Pollution

• BMPs

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Best Management Practices; suggestions for reducing the degree of water pollution on your property

• Point Source Pollution

• BMPs

• Wetlands

• Runoff

Runoff water helps to replenish

• Surface water such as streams, rivers, and lakes

• Groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4