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WorksheetsWatershed Review
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
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?
Point A
Point B
Point C
Point D
All water below the surface of land is called__________.
water table
watershed
groundwater
runoff
__________ tells you how healthy the water is.
water quantity
water quality
good water
tasty water
What definition BEST describes a watershed?
An area where water infiltrates the soil
An area where aquatic plants and animals thrive
An area where snow melts and changes into liquid water
An area that collects precipitation and drains it to the lowest point
Which of the following best describes water table?
It is in unsaturated zone.
It is a surface water
it is the top of saturation zone.
It is an aquifer.
Rapid growth of algae in a pond is often the result of -
loss of habitat due to commercial building.
flooding that causes water levels to rise.
excess nutrients from fertilizer runoff.
clogged river tributaries entering a lake.
Groundwater is recharged when rainwater infiltrates into the ground.
True
False
These chemicals are expensive to produce.
A collection of wet, underground rocks that allows water to collect slowly is called a(n)
Pond
Underground lake
Arroyo
Aquifer
A geographical barrier, such as a ridge, hill, or mountain, separating one watershed land area from another
Aquifer
Saturation Zone
Drainage Divide
Tributary
Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers
Surface Water
Point Source Pollution
Groundwater
Watershed
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
River
Aquifer
Saturation Zone
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Rock or rocky material that water can flow through
Point Source Pollution
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Permeable Rock
Estuary
A single identifiable and localized source of water pollution, such as wastewater discharge into a stream
Saturation Zone
Point Source Pollution
Aquifer
Estuary
Area below the water table where all spaces not filled with solid material fill with water
Subsidence
Runoff
Saturation Zone
Aquifer
Sinking of land surface due to underlying compression of Earth material as a result of the removal of groundwater
Subsidence
Aquifer
Groundwater
Watershed
An area of land where the surface water and groundwater drain into a particular body of water; separated from other watersheds by drainage divides
Nonpoint Source Pollution
Watershed
Water Table
Saturation Zone
