4.8 Earth's Resources

What is a river?

•  A body of freshwater that people visit for swimming, fishing, and boating.

• • A large natural stream of fresh water that flows along a path

• • A vast indentation in the shoreline with deep water and land on three sides 

• • A vast body of saltwater home to many sea creatures.

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Which best describes a bay?

• • A vast body of saltwater home to many sea creatures

• A body of freshwater that people visit for swimming, fishing, and boating

• • A large natural stream of fresh water that flows along a path

• • A vast indentation in the shoreline with deep water and land on three sides 

What is a lake?

• A body of freshwater that people visit for swimming, fishing, and boating

• •  A large natural stream of fresh water that flows along a path

• A vast indentation in the shoreline with deep water and land on three sides

• A vast body of saltwater home to many sea creatures

Which of these can be described as a large body of saltwater?

• River

• Bay

• Ocean

• Lake

What type of water can we find in rivers and lakes?

• freshwater

• saltwater

A _________ is an area of land over which surface water flows to a single collection place.

• watershed

• river

• lake

• resource

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The statement "we all live downstream" means?

• we need to live closer to the water

• houses near the river are important

• what happens in the waterways in a watershed has an effect on everyone

• we are responsible for pollution

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Which of these is our watershed?

• East Coast Bay

• Chesapeake Bay

• Gulf of Meixco

• North Carolina Sounds

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Which of these is the most famous lake in Virginia?

• Lake Chesdin

• Atlantic Ocean

• Lake Anna

• James River

What is one way we could keep our watershed clean?

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