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Investigating Watersheds unit 1

Authored by Julie Ledford

Science

6th Grade

NGSS covered

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Investigating Watersheds unit 1
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Where is most of Earth's freshwater available for human use stored?

Underground

Atmosphere

Lakes and rivers

Ice caps and glaciers

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why is it important to protect watersheds and conserve water resources?

All living things depend on clean water

Freshwater is abundant everywhere on Earth

Water is hard to pollute and very easy to clean

Water remains clean even if the land area around it is polluted.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Some of the rivers that flow through the Roanoke River Watershed into the Roanoke River include Little Otter River, Big Otter River, Blackwater River, Pigg River, Dan River, Smith River and Banister River. These are the____________ of the Roanoke River.

Tributaries

divides

drainage basins

branches

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The dotted lines marked y, separates the land that drains into river A from the land that drains into River B. It would be called a(n)

Levee

drainage basin

river system

divide

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a

Watershed

Tributary

Divide

stream

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What is the relationship between the small river labeled X and River B

River B is a tributary to River X

River x is a tributary to River B

There is no relationship between the 2 bodies of water

River X takes water from River B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which one of these is not one of the major watershed systems of Virginia?

The North Carolina Sound

The Tennessee Sound

Chesapeake Bay

The Gulf of Mexico

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