Watershed Vocabulary

What is a watershed?

• Something you put on your car windows when it rains

• Area of land where water drains downhill to the lowest point

• Where water collects underground

• The ocean and any estuaries

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The movement of rainwater over land is called runoff. How could this pollute a watershed?

• Acid rain

• Animals drink from

• It could carry fertilizer from farmlands

• It adds water to rivers

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an area of land that drains into a river, lake, ocean, or other larger body of water

• ecosystem

• wetland

• watershed

• habitat

a drainage basin is another word for a

• wetland

• river system

• watershed

• tributary

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What is a watershed?

• A large body of water like an ocean or sea

• An area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet

• A type of water storage tank

• A small pond or lake

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What is a watershed?

• A large body of water like an ocean or sea

• An area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet

• A type of water storage tank

• A small pond or lake

The movement of rainwater over land is called runoff. How could this pollute a watershed?

• Acid rain

• Animals drink from

• It could carry fertilizer from farmlands

• It adds water to rivers

An area of land that drains into a river, lake, ocean, or other larger body of water

• ecosystem

• wetland

• watershed

• habitat

A drainage basin is another word for a

• wetland

• river system

• watershed

• tributary

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is a watershed?

• A large body of water like an ocean or sea

• An area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet

• A type of water storage tank

• A small pond or lake

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4