Worksheetswatershed reveiw
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
what is a watershed
a shed containing water
water flowing into a bigger body of water
an area where water travels downhill and goes into a large body of water
water getting polluted
what is a estuary
a region of water where a freshwater source meets salt water from the ocean
a rising and overflowing of a body of water onto normally dry land
the environment in which a particular species lives
where water meets polluted water
what is brackish water
where all tributaries go to
the mixture of fresh water and polluted water
the mixture of salt water and polluted water
the mixture of fresh and saltwater
what is the measurement of water pureness
water quality
water supply
water shed
water sustainability
what is the measure of the dissolved salts in a sample of water
sediments
runoff
water quality
salinity
what is pH?
all the biotic communities that live in an area together with the abiotic factors in the environment
sediments suspended in water which cause the water to be unclear or cloudy
the measure of the acidity
a measure of the dissolved salts in a sample of water
what does runoff mean?
sediments running off into the sunset never to be seen again
water from rainfall and the melting of ice that runs along the ground
avoidance of the depletion of natural resources in order to maintain an ecological balance.
a measure of the dissolved salts in a sample of water
what is free O2 molecules in water; important for aquatic animal life
ground water
dissolved oxygen
wetlands
hypoxia
what is a wetland
an underground system meant to collect and transport waste
a region or area where water travels downhill and ultimately drains into a large body of water
an ecosystem in which the roots of the plants are submerged under water
oxygen deficiency in a biotic environment. Anoxia is an extreme form of hypoxia
what is the
the carrying away of weathered rock sediments and soil by weather and water; a natural process where soil is lost and transported
salinity
runoff
wetlands
erosion
