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Watershed Baamboozle

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    Let's test your skills on the watershed and maybe some earlier skills!
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  • All of these are abiotic factors EXCEPT — soil, sunlight, air quality, living organisms
    living organisms
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  • An estuary is a wetland found —
    where salt water mixes with fresh water
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  • What is NOT a function of a wetland?
    Cleans water, nursery for wildlife, resting areas, controls flood, fun
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  • The above graphic depicts a transition zone between dry land and a river. One function of this transition zone is to provide food and shelter for wildlife and fish.
    wetland
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  • What is the biggest estuary in the US
    The Chesapeake Bay
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  • Estuaries are referred to as "nurseries of the sea" because they —
    provide an excellent environment for organisms to raise their young (somethings along the lines of this is fine)
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  • A person poured oil into a creek at the starred location on the Virginia map. What major body of water would most likely be harmed?A person poured oil into a creek at the starred location on the Virginia map. What major body of water would?
    Atlantic Ocean
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  • A person poured oil into a creek at the starred location on the Virginia map. What major body of water would most likely be harmed?
    Gulf of Mexico
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  • What watershed in Virginia is labeled number 2?
    Mississippi River Watershed
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  • What watershed in Virginia is labeled number 3?
    North Carolina Sound Watershed
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  • Of the following choices, which watershed in Virginia is the largest?
    James
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  • What term describes the action of smaller streams and rivers feeding into larger rivers of a watershed?
    Tributaries
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  • The high ground between two watersheds is a —
    divide
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  • Rock 3 is the smoothest rock in the picture above. Did this happen from a moving river or a still river?
    Moving river
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  • The living community, and the non-living factors that affect it, are known as —
    The ecosystem
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  • Can you name 3 different biotic factors
    any three biotic factors
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