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Watershed Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the LARGEST watershed in VA?

a)

James River

b)

Appomattox River

c)

New River

d)

Shenandoah River

2.

What is the MAJOR watershed located in SW Virginia, area in blue?

a)

Gulf of Mexico Watershed

b)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

c)

NC Sounds Watershed

d)

Atlantic Ocean

3.

What is the correct order of the 4 rivers that drain to the Chesapeake Bay?

a)

Potomac, Rappahannock, York, James

b)

York, Potomac, James, Rappahannock

c)

Rappahannock, James, Potomac, York

d)

James, Rappahannock, Potomac, York

4.

A/an __ is a community of biotic factors AND the abiotic factors that affect it.

a)

wetlands

b)

ecosystem

c)

estuary

d)

divide

5.

What determines the type of ecosystem an area has?

a)

abiotic factors such as temperature and precipitation

b)

number of tributaries

c)

rivers

d)

water quality

6.

Grass, bacteria, salmon, algae and seaweed are __ factors of an ecosystem.

a)

nonliving

b)

abiotic

c)

biotic

d)

green

7.

What is the name of the MAJOR watershed in pink?

a)

NC Sounds Watershed

b)

Mississippi River Watershed

c)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

d)

Gulf of Mexico Watershed

8.

Where do all watersheds in Virginia ultimately drain towards?

a)

Appomattox River

b)

Indian Ocean

c)

Atlantic Ocean

d)

Pacific Ocean

9.

What is the name of the MAJOR watershed in green?

a)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

b)

NC Sounds Watershed

c)

Gulf of Mexico Watershed

d)

Mississippi River Watershed

10.

What is NOT a function of a wetlands?

a)

filters pollution

b)

causes pollution

c)

controls erosion

d)

prevents flooding

11.

Which of the following is NOT an example of a wetland?

a)

ocean

b)

marsh

c)

bog

d)

swamp

12.

What is the largest estuary in US?

a)

Chesapeake Bay

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

James River

13.

Where fresh water meets salt water and is a nursery for plants and animals is __.

a)

wetlands

b)

tributary

c)

estuary

d)

divide

14.

Where would the water be MOST contaminated or polluted?

a)

bottom of ocean

b)

near a cattle farm

c)

forest

d)

by a wetland

15.

How HEALTHY the water is

a)

water quality

b)

contaminated

c)

water quantity

d)

polluted

16.

CHOOSE the 3 examples of WETLANDS

a)

swamp

b)

marsh

c)

beach

d)

bog

e)

river

17.

The HIGH grounds separating two watersheds is called __.

a)

mountain

b)

hill

c)

multiplication

d)

divide

18.

Small creeks, streams, rivers that FEED into the main river is called __.

a)

watershed

b)

tributary

c)

divide

d)

estuary

19.

What is Prince Edward's watershed?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

James River Watershed

d)

Appomattox River Watershed

20.

Which of the following would be an example of POINT 👇 POLLUTION?

a)

pipe dumping wastewater into wetlands

b)

cattle farm

c)

public playground

d)

McDonald's parking lot