Envirothon MD

This is a fish that swims upstream from salt to fresh water to lay its eggs.

• Anadromous
• Spawn
• Sediment
• Leaching

What is an inlet partly separated from the ocean by land?

• Bay
• Estuary
• Habitat
• Tributary

What is the area of land which includes parts of Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia, which separates the Atlantic Ocean from the Chesapeake Bay?

• Delmarva Peninsula
• Estuary
• Habitat
• Tributary

What is it called when rocks and soils are worn away by rushing water, rain, wind, or ice?

• Erosion
• Leaching
• Runoff
• Storm Drain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is a partially enclosed body of water that has a mixture of salt water from the ocean and fresh water from rivers and streams?

• Estuary
• Watershed
• Tributary
• Bay

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the water that seeps into the ground and fills the spaces between rocks and soil particles called?

• Groundwater
• Habitat
• Watershed
• Storm Drain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do you call the environment where a plant or animal lives?

• Habitat
• Life Cycle
• Food Web
• Bay

What is all the water that runs off the surface of the land and washes into rivers, streams, and other waterways called?

• Runoff
• Storm Drain
• Surface Water
• Tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do you call all the waters on the surface of the Earth, including rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, and oceans?

• Surface Water
• Watershed
• Leaching
• Estuary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a stream or river that feeds into a larger body of water?

• Tributary
• Estuary
• Bay
• Watershed