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Chp. 3 Watershed Vocabulary Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 22mins

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Class
Date
1.

This picture represents a/an __________________________ stream which is a stream that flows,dries up, and flows again at different times of the year depending on the weather.

a)

tributary

b)

watershed

c)

intermittent

d)

creek

2.

The area of land that drains to form a river usually made up of watersheds and sub-watersheds.

a)

river basin

b)

topographic map

c)

coastal basin

d)

headwater

3.

The headwaters is found where on the illustration which is the high ground where precipitation first collects and starts to flow downhill?

a)

mountains

b)

wetlands

c)

aquifer

d)

valley

4.

This picture represents ____________________________ which is water pollution that comes from a single source?

a)

non-point source pollution

b)

fossil fuels

c)

point source pollution

5.

The highlighted green area on the map of Texas represents a/an ___________________?

a)

river basin

b)

coastal bain

c)

watershed address

d)

tributary

6.

________________ ___________ flows for most or all of the year.

a)

ephemeral stream

b)

perennial stream

c)

seasonal stream

d)

dry stream

7.

You currently live in what major river basin?

a)

Brazos River Basin

b)

Colorado River Basin

c)

Bee Creek River Basin

d)

Navasota River Basin

8.

This is a diagram of a/an ___________________________ which consists of all the land that water drains into specific body of water?

a)

watershed

b)

tributary

c)

aquifer

d)

streambank

9.

Some streams only flow for a part of the year usually after long periods of rain or storms. These streams are called ________________________?

a)

ephemeral

b)

perennial

c)

permanent

d)

none of the answers

10.

Particles such as silt, sand, rock, or other matter carried by water falling out of suspension causing a change.

a)

sedimentation

b)

erosion

c)

precipitation

11.

A stream or creek that flows into a larger stream, river, or other body of water.

a)

watershed

b)

river basin

c)

tributary

d)

point source