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Watersheds Review

Total questions: 46

Worksheet time: 25mins

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Class
Date
1.

Some of the  rivers that flow through the Roanoke River Watershed into the Roanoke River include Little Otter RIver, Big Otter River, Blackwater River, Pigg River, Dan River, Smith RIver and Banister River.  These are the              of the Roanoke River.

a)

Tributaries

b)

Drainage Basins

c)

Branches

d)

Divides

2.

The Chesapeake Bay’s biggest problem is “nasty” runoff.  What are the 3 biggest concerns affecting the bay?  Choose ALL correct answers.

a)

 Excess nutrients

b)

Too many underwater grasses

c)

Sediment from erosion

d)

Toxic substances

e)

Overpopulation of wildlife

3.

The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a -

a)

Watershed

b)

Tributary

c)

Divide

d)

Stream

4.

What is the largest watershed in Virginia?

a)

Atlantic Ocean Coastal Watershed

b)

The Pacific Ocean Watershed

c)

The Gulf of Mexico Watershed

d)

The Chesapeake Bay Watershed

5.

 Fertilizers and sewage _____ the water supply.

a)

pollute

b)

clean

c)

remove salt from

d)

Help

6.

Select 3 states that make up the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

a)

Delaware

b)

New Jersey

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Kentucky

e)

New York

7.

The large amounts of nutrients in the water causes excess algae to grow then die off which leads to ___ levels in the bays.

a)

low oxygen

b)

high nitrogen

c)

low hydrogen

d)

high oxygen

8.

Select 3 states that make up the Chesapeake Bay Watershed.

a)

Virginia

b)

Tennessee

c)

Maryland

d)

West Virginia

9.

The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a -

a)

Watershed

b)

Tributary

c)

Divide

d)

Stream

10.

What happens first when bay waters become turbid from excess sediment?

a)

Flooding increases

b)

The sun can’t shine through, and the sub-aquatic plants die off

c)

The crabs are forced to leave because of anoxia.

d)

The algae begin to overgrow caused by eutrophication

11.

The dotted line marked Y, separates the land that drains into River A from the land that drains into River B. It would be called a(n)–

a)

Levee

b)

Drainage Basin

c)

River System

d)

Divide

12.

  Which of these is NOT one of the major watershed systems of Virginia?

a)

The North Carolina Sound

b)

The Tennessee Sound

c)

The Chesapeake Bay

d)

The Gulf of Mexico

13.

What is the water supply?

a)

All of the water on Earth

b)

All of the water available to humans

c)

All of the water in the oceans

d)

All of the freshwater on Earth

14.

As the world's water crisis gets worse, which of the following does NOT increase?

a)

The number of water consumers

b)

The supply of freshwater

c)

The price of water

d)

Land disputes over water supplies

15.

The best tool to use in testing the turbidity of a particular body of water is —

a)

Secchi Disc

b)

A dissolved oxygen probe

c)

Litmus paper

d)

A Celsius Thermometer

16.

Water is used as a coolant by power plants and industrial manufacturers. Where water used as a coolant is returned to the natural environment at a higher temperature.  What type of pollution is actually caused by nuclear power plants?

a)

Thermal

b)

Noise

c)

Radioactive water

d)

Acid Rain

17.

What is a form of thermal pollution?

a)

When global warming heats up a body of water

b)

When organisms overpopulate and warm the water through their body heat

c)

When heated water is released from factories or power plants

d)

When the ocean waters are warning in the summer 

18.

Rivers, lakes, aquifers, and reservoirs make up what percent of all the water on the planet

a)

97%

b)

70%

c)

3%

d)

1%

19.

Specific sources of pollution that can be identified, like discharge from a pipe at a sewage treatment plant or an oil tanker spill in the Gulf of Mexico, are called ___ pollution.

a)

Point Source

b)

Non-Point Source

c)

Run-off

d)

Sewage

20.

The biggest problem affecting water quality in the Chesapeake Bay is

a)

man-made dams

b)

polluted run-off

c)

man-made channels

d)

hunting and fishing

21.

 One way that water quality can be determined is to look at the type and number of organisms living in the water.  What other measurements should you take when determining water quality?

a)

Temperature, length, turbidity, pH

b)

Temperature, density, pH, turbidity

c)

Turbidity, mass, temperature, pH, salinity

d)

Turbidity, temperature, salinity, pH

22.

Why is it important to protect watersheds and conserve water resources?

a)

Water remains clean even if the land area around it is polluted.

b)

Fresh water is abundant everywhere on Earth.

c)

Water is hard to pollute and very easy to clean.

d)

All living things depend on clean water.

23.

When monitoring the water quality of a freshwater stream, which of the following factors would you be the least likely to measure?

a)

Flow

b)

Temperature

c)

pH

d)

Salinity

24.

An area of land that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the year is called a -

a)

Watershed

b)

Wetland

c)

Delta

d)

Drainage Basin

25.

Select all the abiotic factors that could affect an ecosystem.

a)

Trees

b)

A Factory

c)

Animals

d)

Sunlight

e)

Trash

26.

Select all statements that are true regarding estuaries.

a)

It is okay to dump trash in an estuary.

b)

Freshwater and saltwater mix in an estuary.

c)

The Chesapeake Bay is the largest estuary in the contiguous U.S.

d)

Very few organisms live in an estuary.

e)

Estuaries provide habitat for many living things.

27.

Select all the biotic factors that could affect an ecosystem.

a)

A Factory

b)

Trees

c)

Animlas

d)

Pesticides

e)

Humans

28.

The Chesapeake Bay is ___ because it is an enclosed body of water where freshwater mixes with salty ocean water.

a)

a Wetland

b)

a Watershed

c)

an Estuary

d)

a Tributary

29.

Washing away of the land by the water as it flows by is called -

a)

groundwater

b)

deposition

c)

sediment

d)

erosion

30.

The wetland ecosystem that has very acidic water and plants know as peat moss is called a -

a)

bog

b)

mangrove forest

c)

swamp

d)

freshwater marsh

31.

What are the three types of freshwater wetlands

a)

Bog

b)

Mangrove Forest

c)

Swamp

d)

Marsh

e)

Salt Marsh

32.

Due to the seasons, the water level of a wetland -

a)

Stays the same all year

b)

must be at least 1 meter deep

c)

can change throughout the year

d)

is too deep to walk through

33.

What is the largest estuary in the United States?

a)

The Gulf of Mexico

b)

The North Carolina Sound

c)

The James River

d)

The Chesapeake Bay

34.

The Big Sandy and New Watersheds drain into what larger regional Watershed?

a)

The Chesapeake Bay

b)

The North Carolina Sound

c)

The Gulf of Mexico

35.

What is our local watershed in the Hampton Roads area?

a)

The York River Watershed

b)

The Rappahannock River Watershed

c)

The James River Watershed

d)

The Potomac River Watershed

36.

What US governmental agency protects human health and the environment by setting water quality rules and regulations?

a)

WaterAid

b)

UNICEF

c)

Department of Interior Landscaping

d)

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

37.

Which of the following is NOT a natural filter in the Chesapeake Bay?

a)

Shellfish

b)

Algae

c)

High Grasses

d)

Leaves on the ground

38.

What human activity improves the conditions of the wetlands?

a)

Paving over areas in or near the wetlands

b)

Creating green spaces in the surrounding community

c)

Cutting down trees for commercial use

d)

Fertilizing farms

39.

Increased urban development along the shorelines by draining and paving over wetlands for commercial uses can -

a)

protect the coastline from hurricane storm surges

b)

provides more land for birds to breed

c)

increase the speed and amount of runoff into rivers, bays, and oceans

d)

decrease the chances of severe flooding

40.

Which of the following is TRUE about wetlands?

a)

Wetlands are not in danger from human activities, so we don’t need to protect them.

b)

Wetlands are a great resource, but there is nothing that can be done to protect them.

c)

Wetlands are an important resource that we should protect.

d)

Wetlands are an ecosystem in which the roots of the plants are submerged under water at least part of the year.

e)

The wetland biome includes swamps, bogs, and marshes.

41.

True or False: Wetlands play no role in reducing pollution in a watershed.

a)

True

b)

False

42.

Wetlands play an important role in all of the following EXCEPT -

a)

providing breeding grounds for a variety of organisms

b)

filtering pollutants out of the water

c)

increasing weathering and erosion

d)

increasing the local economy

43.

Bodies of water in wetlands often neutralize foreign substances. What does this mean?

a)

The water makes potentially dangerous substances even more dangerous.

b)

The water turns foreign substances into food.

c)

The water makes potentially dangerous substances harmless.

d)

The water increases the amount of unfamiliar substances.

44.

What do you call the condition of water when the oxygen levels reach such an extreme low that aquatic animals are forced to either flee or die?

a)

Anaerobic

b)

Biotic

c)

Abiotic

d)

Hypoxic

45.

Flowing water is slowed down in wetlands where it flows around plants. What do the plants remove from the water in this process

a)

Carbon and iron

b)

Carbon and hydrogen

c)

Nutrients and pollutants

d)

Thermal pollution and smog

46.

What is the main difference between a swamp and a marsh?

a)

A marsh is flooded grassland and a swamp is flooded woodland.

b)

A marsh is an overgrown lake and a swamp is flooded grassland.

c)

A marsh is flooded woodland and a swamp is flooded grassland.

d)

A marsh is flooded grassland and a swamp is an overgrown lake.