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Watersheds

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

All water eventually empties into

a)

an ocean

b)

a river

c)

the ground

d)

a lake

2.

An area of land that drains to a particular river, lake, bay, or other body of water.

a)

Tributary

b)

Wetland

c)

Divide

d)

Watershed

3.

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

a)

Groundwater

b)

Surface water

c)

Runoff

d)

Swimming pool

4.
An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Spring
c)
Well
d)
Reservoir
5.
Water stored  in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:
a)
Groundwater
b)
Bogs
c)
Water in the ground
d)
surface water
6.
Sand is ___________, meaning that water can pass through easily.
a)
Permeable
b)
Impermeable
c)
Solid
d)
Soft
7.

What is a measure of how well a material absorbs water? There are multiple answers.

a)

permeability

b)

occlusion

c)

porosity

d)

exclusion

8.

What is the best definition of aquifer?

a)

empty space

b)

a space below the water table

c)

a measure of how well a material absorbs water

d)

an underground layer of permeable (that is, water-bearing) rock

9.

Water that flows along Earth's surface to eventually return to the ocean is called ___.

a)

Runoff

b)

Storm drain

c)

Surface water

d)

Tributary

10.

Watersheds can consist of smaller subwatersheds.

a)

true

b)

false

11.
Why is gravity a factor in watersheds? 
a)
it causes the water to flow away from a watershed
b)
it causes the water to flow down towards a watershed
12.

What is a land area that can be covered with water at various points throughout the year?

a)

Estuary

b)

Floodplain

c)

Wetland

d)

Tributary

13.

What is a body of water that combines freshwater from rivers and lakes with saltwater from the ocean?

a)

Estuary

b)

Floodplain

c)

Wetland

d)

Tributary

14.

What is a channel of water that flows into a larger one?

a)

Estuary

b)

Floodplain

c)

Wetland

d)

Tributary

15.

What is the flat area of land that has sediment deposited when water overflows from rivers?

a)

Estuary

b)

Floodplain

c)

Wetland

d)

Tributary

16.

Which watershed is the largest in the United States?

a)

Mississippi River Watershed

b)

Potomac River Watershed

c)

Shenandoah River Watershed

d)

James River Watershed

17.

A geographical barrier, such as a ridge, hill or mountain, separating one watershed land area from another.

a)

Watershed

b)

Drainage Divide

c)

Aquifer

d)

Permeable

18.

The top of the saturation zone, below which water fills all the open spaces between the rocks

a)

Water table

b)

Surface Water

c)

Watershed

d)

Drainage Divide

19.

Sunken land surface due to underlying compression of earth material as a result of the removal of groundwater.

a)

Permeable

b)

Subsidence

c)

Drainage Divide

d)

Weathering

20.

What is an example of Point Source Water pollution?

a)

Wastewater pipe draining into a stream

b)

Runoff from agriculture

c)

Precipitation

d)

Runoff from city

21.

What is an example of Nonpoint Source Water Pollution?

a)

Runoff from city

b)

Wastewater into a stream

c)

Factory chemical leak

d)

Landfill

22.

Fertilizer can seep through the ground to reach groundwater, what effect can it have?

a)

Fertilizer can cause groundwater to reverse flow

b)

Fertilizer can cause groundwater to freeze

c)

Fertilizer can cause groundwater to become undrinkable

d)

It will seep into the school

23.

Healthy (potable) pH of a fresh water source is around

a)

2.0

b)

3.4

c)

7.0

d)

9.0

24.

When water flows across the surface of the earth it is called?

a)

Watershed

b)

River

c)

Run Off

d)

Rain

25.

What is turbidity?

a)

a small stream that flows into a larger stream

b)

a measurement of the total amount of suspended solids in water (cloudy water)

c)

a map of the hills and valleys in an area

d)

a measurement of the amount of salt in water

26.

Factors within and ecosystem that are NOT living. (Rocks/Water/Air)

a)

Biotic

b)

Watershed

c)

Abiotic

d)

Erosion

27.

Factors within an ecosystem that are living. (Plants/Animals)

a)

Biotic

b)

Abiotic

c)

Ecosystem

d)

Habitat

28.

Identify the watershed where the school is located.

a)

Tennessee

b)

Cahaba

c)

Coosa

d)

Tallapoosa

29.

Identify the Chattahoochee watershed.

a)

2

b)

11

c)

3

d)

1

30.

Identify the Mobile-Tensaw watershed.

a)

12

b)

10

c)

3

d)

5

31.

Identify the Alabama watershed.

a)

9

b)

2

c)

4

d)

6

32.

Identify the Coosa watershed.

a)

1

b)

2

c)

9

d)

7

33.

Which is the ONLY Alabama watershed to drain into the Mississippi River Basin?

a)

Tennessee

b)

Coosa

c)

Black Warrior

d)

Tombigbee

34.

Which watershed(s) are not numbered on this picture?

a)

Yellow

b)

Chipola

c)

Perdido

d)

Escatawpa

e)

Choctawhatchee

35.

Often water must be treated to become _______, safe to drink

a)

pathogen

b)

potable

c)

clarified

d)

bonifide

36.

Process used in water treatment process where water is pushed through screens, sand, gravel and coal to remove organisms and trash

a)

filtration

b)

chlorination

c)

coagulation

d)

bioreactors

37.

After the clarification step in wastewater treatment, the solid waste called ______ is sold off and the liquid waste called _____ moves on the be filtered and disinfected

a)

sewage and dirty water

b)

sludge and effluent

c)

effluent and slude

d)

dirty water and sewage

38.

Which of the following is NOT a residential use of water>

a)

cooking and drinking

b)

washing dishes and clothes

c)

washing cars and watering the lawn

d)

watering the crops

e)

showers and toilets

39.

What is the best way to CONSERVE water use in an agricultural setting...

a)

low flow toilets

b)

reuse cooling water

c)

drip irrigation

d)

high power overhead irrigation

40.

Conserving water for residential use would involve

a)

xeriscaping

b)

drip irrigation

c)

reusing cooling water

d)

manufacturing goods

41.

The image here is how humans control rivers for the last few hundred years. This is

a)

diverting water thru canels

b)

create an aquaduct

c)

damming a river

d)

desalination plant

42.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of dams and reservoirs?

a)

man made lakes used for drinking water, recreation and industry

b)

hydroelectric power

c)

existing ecosystems changed, displacing species and humans

d)

flood control

43.

While expensive and inefficient now, the removal of salt from ocean water may help create more potable water in the future

a)

water transport

b)

towing icebergs

c)

desalination plants

d)

xeriscaping

44.

A resource that cannot be replaced in a lifetime.

a)

renewable resource

b)

nonrenewable resource

c)

pollution

d)

conservation

45.

The act of preserving or protecting natural resources.

a)

renewable resource

b)

nonrenewable resource

c)

pollution

d)

conservation

46.

George and Joanne live in the dessert. They have a yard with pretty stones, some cactus, and native trees. What kind of water-conservation is this?

a)

intercropping

b)

terracing

c)

windbreak

d)

Xeriscaping

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