Watershed Review

Look closely at the map of the watershed below. If water enters the watershed at the top of the mountain where the arrow is pointing, at which point will it stop draining?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Where are you most likely to find a watershed?

• In a lake

• On a mountain top

• At the bottom of a valley

• Everywhere

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What definition BEST describes a watershed?

• An area where water infiltrates the soil

• An area where aquatic plants and animals thrive

• An area where snow melts and changes into liquid water

• An area that collects precipitation and drains it to the lowest point

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Pollutants from a factory that enter the water in a watershed will have a negative effect on which of the following?

• Local pond life

• Rainfall rates

• Direction of river flow

• Available space for crops

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

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

The water that fills lakes and rivers

• groundwater
• surface water
• water table
• saturated zone

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Classification used to describe human pollution that has a known, identifiable origin

• Point source contamination

• Water table

• Watershed

• Eutrophication

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Pollutants introduced into surface or ground water that are without a specific location source, such as water entering a drain after flowing over a lawn that has been fertilized.

• Aquifer

• Non-point source contamination

• Eutrophication

• Surface Water