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- 1. Multiple Choice
Smaller streams and rivers (tiny rivers) that feed into a large river or lake are called ________.RunoffWatershedsTributariesRiver Systems - 2. Multiple ChoiceWater from rain and melting snow that flows over the ground and into streams and storm drains.River SystemFlood PlainWatershedRunoff
- 3. Multiple Choice_______ is NOT one of the watersheds in the state of Virginia.Chesapeake Bay WatershedDelaware Bay WatershedMississippi River WatershedNorth Carolina Sounds Watershed
- 4. Multiple Choice
King William county is part of which of Virginia's MAJOR watershed systems?
Chesapeake Bay
North Carolina Sound
Gulf of Mexico
All of the above
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThe health of an ecosystem is directly related to the:Air qualityAmount of animals in the areaWater qualityAmount of food in the area
- 6. Multiple ChoiceAbiotic means:LivingDeadNon-livingWater
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are examples of wetlands except:BogsPrairiesMarshesSwamps
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an area of higher elevation that separates watersheds?EstuaryDivideWetlandTransition zones
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plants show you that you are in a bog?grassestreesmoss
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhat kind of plants show you that you are in a swamp?grassestreesmoss
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWetlands are important to humans because:they provide flood protectionthey improve water qualitythey act as a filterall of the above
- 12. Multiple ChoiceAn ecosystem has :living thingsliving and nonliving thingsnonliving thingsnothing
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat part of the water cycle does this picture show?condensationprecipitationevaporation
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the next stage after EVAPORATION in the water cycle?CONDENSTATIONGROUNDWATER
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhat is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?condensationevaporationsublimationtranspiration
- 16. Multiple ChoiceWhen water _________, dew forms.MeltsEvaporatesCondensesPrecipitates
- 17. Multiple Choice97% of Earth's water is __________ water.FreshSalt
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe energy for the water cycle originally comes from thesuncloudssalinityice
- 19. Multiple ChoiceIn the water cycle, water moves between land, living things, bodies of water on Earth's surface, and the _____________________.SchoolAnimalsOceanAtmosphere
- 20. Multiple ChoiceThe process by which a gas changes to a liquid isevaporationcondensationsolutiontranspiration
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