Water Management Quiz

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. ____________ are a great flow of water over a large area.

• Floods

• Droughts

• Earthquakes

• Volcanoes

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. Floods are ____________ because they erode the soil and change the shape of the land.

• Destructive

• Constructive

• Beneficial

• Harmless

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. Floods are ____________ because they leave behind new layers of sediment.

• Constructive

• Destructive

• Harmful

• Dangerous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. A ____________ is an artificial lake formed when water collects behind a dam.

• Reservoir

• Pond

• River

• Stream

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. A ____________ is a structure built across a river that allows people to control the flow of river water.

• Dam

• Bridge

• Tunnel

• Aqueduct

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. ____________ a wall or high bank along a river that serves to keep water from flowing over into communities.

• Levee

• Dam

• Dike

• Embankment

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. People build ____________ to prevent the loss of beach sand.

• Jetties

• Bridges

• Tunnels

• Skyscrapers

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. ____________ is the process of replacing sand on the beaches.

• Beach restoration

• Beach erosion

• Beach excavation

• Beach depletion

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. ____________ is a computer-based map that allows us to visualize Earth’s surface features and other information to predict where certain weather conditions and constructive or destructive processes may occur.

• GIS Map

• Weather Chart

• Topographic Map

• Satellite Image

Directions: Use the words in the box to fill in the blanks below. ____________ is pictures taken by a satellite orbiting earth that helps predict weather and constructive and destructive processes that may occur.

• Satellite imagery

• Weather forecast

• Radar images

• Astronomical photos