This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Watershed > Management > Watershed Management – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Watershed Management Quiz 3 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. 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. 2. Wetlands help control flooding by A) Absorbing runoff from heavy rains. B) Collecting water behind dams. C) Providing natural water filtration. D) Quickly releasing water. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Absorbing runoff from heavy rains. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. Smaller watersheds within a larger one is called a A) Watershed. B) Watershed divide. C) Sub-watershed. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sub-watershed. 6. Type of wetland that is covered with a thick layer of decomposing plant matter A) Swamp. B) Cranberry. C) Bog. D) Marsh. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Bog. 7. 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. 8. 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. 9. The place where a river begins is called the ..... A) Mouth. B) Riverbed. C) Bank. D) Source. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Source. 10. 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. 11. 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. 12. Which of these would water soak into? A) Driveway. B) Street. C) Garden. D) Sidewalk. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Garden. 13. 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. 14. 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. 15. 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. 16. A lake that stores water for human use is called a ..... A) Dam. B) Oxbow lake. C) Reservoir. D) Crater lake. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Reservoir. 17. A industrial powerplant dumps its heated wastewater straight from a pipe into a stream. This is an example of - A) Eutrophic pollutionover-treated drinking water. B) Riparian pollutionflooding in the local aquifer. C) Point source pollution. D) Nonpointsource pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Point source pollution. 18. The boundary around a watershed is called the A) Watershed. B) Watershed divide. C) Sub-watershed. D) Transpiration. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Watershed divide. 19. Dynamic systems, like streams A) Do not change. B) Change in little ways. C) Change in one way. D) Continuously change in many ways. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Continuously change in many ways. 20. The only continent that does not have wetlands A) Greenland. B) South America. C) Antarctica. D) North Pole. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Antarctica. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWatershed QuizzesWatershed Management Quiz 1Watershed Management Quiz 2Watershed Management Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books