Watersheds Lesson

The area of land that is drained by a river system is called

• tributary

• surface water

• watershed

• groundwater

A measure of a change in elevation over a certain distance is called

• porosity

• gradient

• permeability

• recharge zone

• discharge zone

An area where water trickles down into the ground and reaches the water table and enters an aquifer to replenish the aquifer is called

• discharge zone

• recharge zone

• permeability

• porosity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A ridge or an area of higher ground that separates two watersheds is called a(n)

• divide

• gradient

• tributary

• aquifer

Which of the following is a characteristic of a watershed?

• It is a flat area with no water flow.

• It is an area of land that drains into a common water body.

• It is a region with no vegetation.

• It is a dry desert area.

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DOK Level 1: Recall

What is a watershed?

• An area of land where surface water drains down to a single point

• A type of water closet

• A storage area for water

• A water purification system

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The term ​ (a)   is used to describe when aquatic environments become murky and clouded from runoff.

• Turbidity

• Dirty

• Freshwater

• Swamp water

Why is gravity a factor in watersheds? 

• it causes the water to flow away from a watershed

• it causes the water to flow into and through a watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

This word describes when rock has connected pore spaces that allows water to move through

• Permeable

• Impermeable

• Surface Water

• Drainage Divide

What is a watershed?

• Land that collects and channels water froma small body of water to a larger body of water

• the shape of the land determined by elevation

• A natural stream of water of considerable  volume

• a river and all its tributaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4