This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Agriculture > Watershed > Management > Watershed Management – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Watershed Management Quiz 2 (30 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. What kind of marshes are found along the coastline of the USA? Hint - higher in salinity than its counterpart. A) Non-tidal marsh. B) Tidal marsh. C) Coastal swamps. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tidal marsh. 2. Any land that is flooded with shallow water A) Tundra. B) Grassland. C) Desert. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wetland. 3. Large reptile with sharp teeth that lives in some wetland areas A) Iguana. B) Barracuda. C) Piranha. D) Crocodile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crocodile. 4. Where is most fresh water stored? A) Lakes. B) Streams. C) Ice caps and glaciers. D) Oceans. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ice caps and glaciers. 5. Due to increase in population of rats and rodents on a boardwalk facing the Ocean, workers and janitors have installed traps and poison throughout the boardwalk area. The rodent population has decreased, but poison has also fallen into the Ocean. What possible impact might this have on the Ocean? A) The runoff might pollute the water. B) The runoff will lower the water level in the Ocean. C) There will be no impact. D) The runoff might cause native organisms to leave the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The runoff might pollute the water. 6. Moving in the direction of the current A) Undertow. B) Downstream. C) Upstream. D) Confluence. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Downstream. 7. Pollutants from a factory enter a stream or creek and travel to a river. River water tested with the pollutant found is called A) Nonpoint source pollution. B) Eutrophic pollution. C) Point source pollutionAvailable space for crops. D) Riparian pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Nonpoint source pollution. 8. Where do deltas form? A) Desert Areas. B) At river mouths. C) On the Banks of Rivers. D) In Valleys Formed by Glaciers. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) At river mouths. 9. Which of the following is NOT true about ponds and lakes? A) Ponds are deeper than lakes. B) Lakes are colder than ponds. C) Ponds contain more algae than lakes. D) Lakes are larger than ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ponds are deeper than lakes. 10. The use of pesticides and fertilizers is carefully monitored because of the effect they can have on the environment. Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use of these chemical on the environment? A) Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams. B) Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk. C) These chemicals are expensive to produce. D) Storage space for these chemicals is limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams. 11. Wetlands help control flooding by A) Providing natural water filtration. B) Collecting water behind dams. C) Absorbing runoff from heavy rains. D) Quickly releasing water. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Absorbing runoff from heavy rains. 12. Which of the following make up part of Earth's groundwater? A) Wetlands. B) Rivers. C) Aquifers. D) Lakes. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Aquifers. 13. Wetlands are important because ..... A) They help filter water of toxins and excess nutrients. B) They support many species. C) They protect areas from floods. D) All of these choices. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these choices. 14. Smaller watersheds within a larger one is called a A) Watershed. B) Sub-watershed. C) Transpiration. D) Watershed divide. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sub-watershed. 15. Type of wetland that is covered with a thick layer of decomposing plant matter A) Cranberry. B) Marsh. C) Bog. D) Swamp. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bog. 16. What are tributaries? A) People who honor others. B) Smaller rivers that flow into larger rivers. C) A lake or an ocean. D) Large ships. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Smaller rivers that flow into larger rivers. 17. Management decisions on water are made based on combinations A) Of science, and who you know. B) Of science, politics and values. C) Of politics alone. D) Of values and what you believe is right. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Of science, politics and values. 18. The place where a river begins is called the ..... A) Riverbed. B) Bank. C) Source. D) Mouth. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Source. 19. A simple and effective way to help reduce nonpoint source pollution from running into our rivers, lakes, and streams is to A) Reroute the source of the pollution away from the watershed. B) Protect the riparian zone. C) Reduce the pollution being emmitted. D) None of the answers will work. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Protect the riparian zone. 20. Which of these would water run off of? A) Farmland. B) Lawn. C) Baseball field. D) Parking lot. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Parking lot. 21. Which of these would water soak into? A) Sidewalk. B) Street. C) Garden. D) Driveway. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garden. 22. What is a river? A) A costal inlet or bay where fresh water mixes with salty water. B) A body of fresh water found in low lying areas. C) A small narrow passage of water. D) A natural stream of water of considerable volume. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) A natural stream of water of considerable volume. 23. The use of pesticides and fertilizers must be carefully monitored because of the effect they can have on the environment. Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use of these chemicals on the environment? A) Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams. B) Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk. C) These chemicals are expensive to produce. D) Storage space for these chemicals is limited. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams. 24. What is a divide? A) A natural stream of water of considerable volume. B) A continuous ridge that separates one watershed from another. C) Small rivers or streams that flow into a larger river or stream. D) A body of fresh water found in low lying areas. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) A continuous ridge that separates one watershed from another. 25. A lake that stores water for human use is called a ..... A) Oxbow lake. B) Reservoir. C) Crater lake. D) Dam. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Reservoir. 26. A industrial powerplant dumps its heated wastewater straight from a pipe into a stream. This is an example of - A) Point source pollution. B) Nonpointsource pollution. C) Riparian pollutionflooding in the local aquifer. D) Eutrophic pollutionover-treated drinking water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Point source pollution. 27. The boundary around a watershed is called the A) Transpiration. B) Watershed divide. C) Sub-watershed. D) Watershed. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watershed divide. 28. Dynamic systems, like streams A) Continuously change in many ways. B) Change in little ways. C) Change in one way. D) Do not change. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Continuously change in many ways. 29. The only continent that does not have wetlands A) Greenland. B) South America. C) Antarctica. D) North Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antarctica. 30. Large areas of Texas are made up of flat farm land covered by layers of soil. Underground, there is a large aquifer that stretches beneath most of the region. Over a period of many years, much of the water in the aquifer is removed through wells and used to irrigate crops. If the amount of precipitation does not increase over the same period of years, what effect could the irrigation of crops have on the aquifer? A) The groundwater will decrease. B) The groundwater will increase. C) The groundwater will stay the same. D) The groundwater will expand. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The groundwater will decrease. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWatershed QuizzesAgriculture QuizzesWatershed Management Quiz 1Watershed Management Quiz 3 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books