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1) How many major watersheds are there in Pennsylvania?
A
3
B
8
C
4
D
6
2) What is the largest watershed by area in Pennsylvania?
A
Potomac
B
Ohio
C
Susquehanna
D
Delaware
3) What is a watershed?
A
when water returns to the Earth in the form or rain, snow, sleet or hail
B
the end of a river where the water enters a lake bay or ocean
C
an area of land that contributes its water to a series streams, and rivers, to a common outlet (river, lake, bay, ocean)
D
an area of high elevation
4) What is a divide?
A
when water returns to the Earth in the form or rain, snow, sleet or hail
B
any stream or river that flows into another stream or river
C
the end of a river where the water enters a lake bay or ocean
D
the boundary of a watershed designated by the highest points between watersheds
5) What is precipitation?
A
when water vapor changes into liquid water
B
water that returns to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail
C
when liquid water changes to a water vapor
D
water that runs downhill across the Earth's surface
6) What is evaporation?
A
water that runs downhill across the Earth's surface
B
when water vapor changes into liquid water
C
water that returns to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail
D
when liquid water changes to a water vapor
7) What is runoff?
A
when water vapor changes into liquid water
B
when liquid water changes to a water vapor
C
water that runs downhill across the Earth's surface
D
water that returns to Earth in the form of rain, snow, sleet or hail
8) About how much of the precipitation that falls in PA makes it to a stream?
A
3/4
B
2/3
C
1/3
D
1/2
9) Where does the water from the Ohio river watershed eventually drain into the ocean?
A
Lake Ontario
B
Chesapeake Bay
C
Lake Erie
D
Gulf of Mexico
10) What is a tributary?
A
the small streams at the top of a watershed where the rivers begin, often called a source
B
the place where two streams or rivers flow together and become a larger stream or river
C
the end of a river where the water enters
D
any stream or river that flows into another stream or river at a confluence
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