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Watershed Review

Total questions: 22

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is all the water that runs off the surface of the land and washes into rivers, streams, and other waterways called?
a)
Runoff
b)
Storm Drain
c)
Surface Water
d)
Tributary
2.
Abiotic means: 
a)
Living
b)
Dead
c)
Non-living
d)
Water
3.
Biotic means:
a)
Living
b)
Non-living
c)
Man made
d)
Found in nature
4.
What is an area of higher elevation that separates watersheds?
a)
Estuary
b)
Divide
c)
Wetland
d)
Transition zones
5.

Look closely at the map of the watershed below. If water enters the watershed at the top of the mountain where the arrow is pointing, at which point will it stop draining?

a)

Point A

b)

Point B

c)

Point C

d)

Point D

6.

All water below the surface of land is called__________.

a)

water table

b)

watershed

c)

groundwater

d)

runoff

7.

__________ tells you how healthy the water is.

a)

water quantity

b)

water quality

c)

good water

d)

tasty water

8.
temperature, water, rocks, soil, geology, weather are all ___ factors in an ecosystem.
a)
abiotic
b)
biotic
c)
estuary
d)
wetlands
9.

What definition BEST describes a watershed?

a)

An area where water infiltrates the soil

b)

An area where aquatic plants and animals thrive

c)

An area where snow melts and changes into liquid water

d)

An area that collects precipitation and drains it to the lowest point

10.

Which of the following best describes water table?

a)

It is in unsaturated zone.

b)

It is a surface water

c)

it is the top of saturation zone.

d)

It is an aquifer.

11.

Rapid growth of algae in a pond is often the result of -

a)

loss of habitat due to commercial building.

b)

flooding that causes water levels to rise.

c)

excess nutrients from fertilizer runoff.

d)

clogged river tributaries entering a lake.

12.

Groundwater is recharged when rainwater infiltrates into the ground.

a)

True

b)

False

13.
The use of pesticides and fertilizers is carefully monitored because of the effect they can have on the environment. Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use of these chemical on the environment?
a)
Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams.
b)
Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk.
c)

These chemicals are expensive to produce.
d)
Storage space for these chemicals is limited.
14.

A collection of wet, underground rocks that allows water to collect slowly is called a(n)

a)

Pond

b)

Underground lake

c)

Arroyo

d)

Aquifer

15.

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

a)

Aquifer

b)

Saturation Zone

c)

Drainage Divide

d)

Tributary

16.

Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers

a)

Surface Water

b)

Point Source Pollution

c)

Groundwater

d)

Watershed

17.

Pollutants introduced into surface water or groundwater that DO NOT have a specific source location. Example: water flowing over a lawn that has been fertilized and then into a drain

a)

River

b)

Aquifer

c)

Saturation Zone

d)

Nonpoint Source Pollution

18.

Rock or rocky material that water can flow through

a)

Point Source Pollution

b)

Nonpoint Source Pollution

c)

Permeable Rock

d)

Estuary

19.

A single identifiable and localized source of water pollution, such as wastewater discharge into a stream

a)

Saturation Zone

b)

Point Source Pollution

c)

Aquifer

d)

Estuary

20.

Area below the water table where all spaces not filled with solid material fill with water

a)

Subsidence

b)

Runoff

c)

Saturation Zone

d)

Aquifer

21.

Sinking of land surface due to underlying compression of Earth material as a result of the removal of groundwater

a)

Subsidence

b)

Aquifer

c)

Groundwater

d)

Watershed

22.

An area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of water; separated from other watersheds by drainage divides

a)

Nonpoint Source Pollution

b)

Watershed

c)

Water Table

d)

Saturation Zone