Water Cycle & Watershed Test

In your own words, define and describe watershed.

Which rivers form the backbone of the Yellowstone watershed? (Choose all correct answers.)

• Yellowstone River
• Missouri River
• Tongue River
• Bighorn River

Infiltration, percolation, and runoff are all parts of the water cycle. Explain what each one is and their role in the water cycle.

Define watershed management and describe its purpose.

What is the primary goal of conservation?

• To increase agricultural production
• To promote urbanization
• To increase land development
• To prevent exploitation, destruction, or neglect of natural resources

What is the purpose of mapping the world's watersheds?

In your own words define water cycle.

Summarize the different steps in the water cycle and how they are connected to each other.

What is turbidity?

• How fast a stream or river flows.
• A measure of how clear (or cloudy) a sample of water is.
• A new dance step.
• How much water is absorbed by the ground.

What causes turbidity?

• Rocks and sand.
• Pollution.
• Dissolved or suspended particles such as sediment, in-organic or organic by-products, in a body of water.
• Microbials.