Quiz-Key Points in Watershed & Wetland

What describes the smaller streams and rivers that feed into the larger river of a watershed?

• Lake

• Tributary

• Pond

• Estuary

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of these is NOT talking about a watershed?

• An area where all water drains.

• Can also be called a river basin.

• Shaped by hills and mountains (topograph).

• Follows state lines.

How do the industrial, agricultural and residential activities of humans most likely affect the groundwater?

• Pollutants from the activities percolate through the soil and enter the water table.

• The activities prevent most of the water from evaporating into the atmosphere.

• The activities replace groundwater use.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Choose the one(s) that live in wetlands in Maryland

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

What is a simple definition of a wetland?

• low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet all the  time every year

  
  

• low lying lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year

  
  

• high lying lands with spongy soil that are wet for a certain time every year

  
  

• low lying lands with moist soil that are wet all the  time every year

  
  

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which type of wetland would be best described as "usually characterized by the growth of woody plants such as cypress and tupelo trees. "​ 

• bogs

• fens

• swamp

• marsh

These are the three main functions of wetlands.

• provide habitats, store flood waters, purify water

  
  

• purify water, store wildlife, provide habitats

  
  

• provide habitats, store plant life, purify water

  
  

• purify the land, store flood waters, provide habitats

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Why is it important to protect the remaining wetlands?

• To promote desertification

  
  

• To preserve the benefits they provide

  
  

• To increase urban development

  
  

• To reduce water levels

  
  

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

In the water cycle, what is one way water enters the atmosphere from biosphere?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Because water ____, ocean current have great effect on climate.

• Hold large amounts of heat (without changing temperature).

• Hold lots of ice one surface of water.

• Moves more slowly than air.

• Stays colder than air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6