Watershed Review Game

Of all the water on the planet, only _________ is fresh, useable water.

About 97% of our water is ___________________ water.

A(n) ____ is a partially enclosed body of water where freshwater meets salty ocean water.

_____ ecosystems, including watershed ecosystems, are affected by complex biotic and abiotic interactions involving exchanges of matter and energy.

Wetlands form the _____ between dry land and bodies of water such as rivers, lakes, or bays.

The largest estuary in the United States is the _______ Bay.

The watershed systems in Virginia lead to _____ main bodies of water.

Oysters, clams and crabs thrive in estuaries called _____ and inlets.

_______________ is the process in which the earth’s surface (rock and soil) is worn away by water, ice, and wind

The best way to protect our water resources is to _____ water resources on a watershed basis.

Natural processes, human activities, and biotic and abiotic factors influence the health of a _____ system.

Human trash and sediment made by humans from _____ are often carried into estuaries.

An ecosystem is made up of the __________ (living) community and the __________ (nonliving) factors that affect it.

A ________________________ is the land that water flows across or under on its way to a body of water such as a stream, river, lake, or bay

______________________ is particles of rock, mud, soil, and sand picked up by water from the land

The Chesapeake Bay is an estuary that has _____ functions.

Estuaries can provide trade, food and ____ from violent open ocean storms.

3% of the water on our planet is useable. Of that 2% of that is ______________.

______________________ is pollution that can be traced to a single source

True or False: A single source of pollution, even if it is not near a body of water, can pollute an entire watershed?

It is important to study the ecology of watersheds so that we can learn and understand the _____ characteristics that influence how natural processes and human actions impact the health of watersheds.

The plants and soils of a watershed filter runoff that occurs from precipitation and snowmelt. In doing this, watersheds provide _____.

Watershed health is often measured using stations along creeks, rivers and streams.

______________________ is pollution that cannot be traced to a single source

_________________ is water (rain, melted snow, hail, irrigation, car washing, etc) that flows over land before reaching streams or other surface water

Areas of higher elevations, such as _____, separate watersheds.

True or false: The water cycle shows that water moves through all of earth's spheres (hydrosphere, biosphere, atmosphere, and geosphere)