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Watershed Abiotic Factors

Total questions: 13

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

A watershed is referred to as

a)

An areas that has highest elevation

b)

An Area of tributary

c)

An ares of land drained by a river system made of different parts

d)

A polluted area that needs drainage

2.

What are abiotic factors

a)

Living organisms in the watershed

b)

Non-living organisms in a watershed

c)

Non living factors in the environment

d)

All of the above

3.

What are the main parts of a watershed?

a)

Tributary, water, animals

b)

Headwaters, tributary, division area

c)

Divide, Headwaters, Water

d)

Tributary, Headwater, Divide

4.

What Abiotic Factors affect water quality in a watershed

a)

Adhesion

b)

Water PH

c)

Turbidity

d)

Dissolved Oxygen

e)

Salinity

5.

Why are watersheds important?

a)

Provide drinking water

b)

Provide habitat for animals

c)

Canoeing and recreational purposes

d)

Acts as a dilter for pollution

6.
a)

The glass on the right is considered to be

b)

Turbid

c)

Salinity

d)

Tea

e)

Dissolved Oxygen

7.

What will most likely occur if the water remains turbid?

a)

Increased water temperature

b)

Animals and plant life will die

c)

Drinking water can become polluted

d)

Everything will remain the same

8.

Which chemical substance will most like NOT dissolve in water

a)

Salt

b)

Oil

c)

Bleach

d)

Sugar

9.

Measure of how much oxygen is dissolved in water

a)

Oxygen Conten

b)

CO2

c)

Dissolved Oxygen

d)

H20

10.

Most organisms can live with DO levels of

a)

5 and 15 parts per million

b)

15 and 4 parts per million

c)

All water must have H2O even levels

d)

5 and 25 parts per million

11.

Sewage, Fertilizer, and Waste increases toxins and decreases

a)

Salinity levels

b)

All PH Levels

c)

DO levels

d)

All of the above

12.

What is the chemical formula for water?

a)

2ho

b)

H2O

c)

H2O2

d)

Water

13.

Since water molecule has a polar nature, what properties does it have?

a)

Dissolving

b)

Magnetic

c)

Density

d)

Lustrous