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made up of the living community and nonliving factors that affect it
a) biotic
b) watershed
c) ecosystem
d) abiotic
3 major regional watersheds in VA lead to...
a) Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina Sounds, Gulf of Mexico
b) Chesapeake Bay, James River, New River
c) Potomac River, Rappahannock River, James River
d) North Carolina Sounds, Mississippi River, New River
Habitats do not provide this...
a) food
b) predators
c) water
d) shelter
a predator feeds on its...
a) prey
b) host
c) herbivore
d) carnivore
Which is not a water quality test?
a) temperature
b) salinity
c) humidity
d) turbidity
the total amount of dissolved salts in a water sample
a) turbidity
b) saltinity
c) tributary
d) salinity
helps prevent erosion
a) planting trees
b) plowing cropland
c)
d)
The size of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed
a) 6,400 square miles
b) 64 square miles
c) 64, 000 square miles
d) nobody knows for sure
the number of states in the C.B. watershed
a) three
b) seven
c) six
d) four
matter that settles to the bottom of a liquid; causes turbidity
a) sediment
b) nutrient
c) sentiment
d) stuff
living factors, then nonliving, in that order
a) abiotic, then biotic
b) animals, then plants
c) birds, then trees
d) biotic, then abiotic
largest estuary in the U.S.
a) Mississippi River
b) North Carolina Sounds
c) Chesapeake Bay
d) Gulf of Mexico
Which state is included in the C.B. watershed?
a) North Dakota
b) Rhode Island
c) Delaware
d) D.C.
these form transition zones between dry land and bodies of water
a) watersheds
b) wetlands
c) divides
d) rivers
place where an organism makes it living
a) bog
b) habit
c) wetland
d) habitat
mixture of freshwater and saltwater is called...
a) brackish
b) bracket
c) ocean
d) tides
plants and animals
a) biotic ( living)
b) abiotic (nonliving)
c)
d)
wide, flat border area where water spills when there is HIGH FLOW
a) FOOD PAIN
b) FLOOD ZONE
c) FLOOD PLAIN
d) RIVER SYSTEM
wearing away over time by wind, water, or other natural processes
a) turbidity
b) sedimentation
c) flood plain
d) erosion
made up of tributaries and smaller streams that join along their courses
a) river systems
b) flood plains
c) turbidity
d) water quality
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