Watersheds Quiz

1) The non-living factors in an ecosystem have no effect on the ecosystem.

• True
• False

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2) The health of an ecosystem is directly related to water quality.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-LS1-5

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3) Human activity, such as plowing cropland, does not change the rate of natural erosion.

• True
• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

4) Abiotic factors determine an ecosystem’s type (whether it is a desert,forest, grassland, etc).

• True
• False

5) Has to do with life; alive

• Biotic
• Abiotic
• Mouth
• Tributary
• Divide

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

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NGSS.MS-LS1-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

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6) Not having to do with life; not alive

• Abiotic
• Biotic
• Mouth
• Tributary
• Divide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

7) A stream flowing into a larger stream or body of water

• Tributary
• Abiotic
• Biotic
• Mouth
• Divide

8) There are 14 of these in Virginia. The water from these flows into three major regional systems in Virginia leading to the Chesapeake Bay, the North Carolina sounds, or the Gulf of Mexico.

• Watershed
• Abiotic
• Biotic
• Mouth
• Tributary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

9) Areas of higher elevations, such as ridge lines which separate watersheds

• Divide
• Abiotic
• Biotic
• Mouth
• Tributary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

10) The end of a river where it flows into another body of water.

• Mouth
• Abiotic
• Biotic
• Tributary
• Divide