Review for the Watershed Post Quiz | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

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Chesapeake Bay is the largest ______ in the contiguous United States.

Estuary

What are the three watersheds found in Virginia?

Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina Sounds, and Mississippi River (Gulf of Mexico)

What is a tributary?

A river or stream flowing into a larger river.

What is a watershed?

An area of land separating the flow of water.

Name two wetlands

Estuaries, Bogs, Fens, Swamps, and Marshes

What watershed do we live in?

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

Give two examples of an abiotic factor.

Air, water, sunlight, etc.

Name one reason why a wetland is important.

Controls flooding, filters out pollution, and home for wildlife

Please list the steps of our watershed.

Precipitation, Cedar Creek, Shenandoah River, Potomac River, Chesapeake Bay, and Atlantic Ocean

Give four examples of a biotic factor

anything alive or used to be alive