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A person is working on their car and spills some oil on the road. It washes into the storm sewer with the next rain. From there, it goes into a creek. The creek takes the oil into a river. This is an example of the workings of a _______.
a) circle of life
b) water cycle
c) watershed
d) runoff

What are some possible negative effects of the use of pesticides and fertilizers on the environment?
a) they help aquatic plants grow so they can do more photosynthesis
b) people's lawns are very lush and green
c) people can grow more food because bugs won't be able to eat crops
d) runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams

What is NOT an example of human impact on watersheds
a) rainfall
b) fertilizers
c) industrial pollution
d) pesticides

Which country contains the most lakes?
a) United States of America
b) Zimbabwe
c) Greenland
d) Canada

a layer of permeable sediment or rock that holds a significant amount of water and that lets the water move freely
a) aqueduct
b) aqueous
c) aquifer
d) aquaman

______ rock contains well-connected pores and allows groundwater to flow through it
a) permeable
b) porous
c) pliable
d) pliete

an area of land that drains into a specific body of water
a) water table
b) water chair
c) watershed
d) watergarage

How are the boundaries of a watershed created?
a) high points in the landscape like hilltops or mountain ridges
b) low points in the landscape like bottoms of basins or meteor impacts
c) man-made dams like Lake Whitney Dam
d) natural dams like beaver dams

as runoff flows downhill, it begins to form tiny channels called _______
a) ruffles
b) rills
c) ridges
d) ribs

Where does a thermocline form?
a) between a top warm layer and bottom cold layer of air on the incline side of a mountain
b) between a top cold layer and a bottom warm layer of air on the decline side of a mountain
c) between layers of the Earth's atmosphere
d) between a top warm layer and a bottom cold layer of water in a deep lake

Why is the water at the top of a lake warmer than the water deeper in the lake?
a) natural springs with cold water are at the bottom of the lake
b) plants are near the surface and give off energy as heat when they photosynthesize
c) little kids swim near the surface of a deep lake
d) more sunlight is absorbed by the water closer to the surface

What is NOT a function of a wetland
a) provide habitat for animals, fish, and birds
b) protection from tsunami
c) flood control
d) erosion controls

What equipment/tools would you need to analyze the effects of human activity on a watershed?
a) net, fishing pole, lure
b) waterproof boots, water testing kit, goggles
c) net, glow-in-the-dark ink, waterproof paper
d) water testing kit, hand lens, notebook

Where do alpine glaciers form?
a) arctic tundra
b) flat land
c) oceans
d) mountains

where the water table meets an eroding hillside and water seeps out
a) spring
b) swamp
c) ocean
d) brackish water

the upper zone of saturation
a) watershed
b) water basin
c) water table
d) water garage

When sea ice forms, what does NOT happen?
a) leaves behind salt in the water
b) forms freshwater ice
c) floats on water
d) when it melts it raises sea level by adding water

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