This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Watershed > Watershed Management – Quiz 2 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Watershed Management Quiz 2 (20 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. According to the chapter what factors play a role in the boundaries and characteristics of a watershed? Choose the best answer. A) Geology and climate. B) Climate and place on earth. C) Geology, climate and vegetation. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Geology, climate and vegetation. 2. Forest whose ground is covered in shallow water A) Swamp. B) Bog. C) Marsh. D) Cranberry. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Swamp. 3. How could a long-term decrease in precipitation impact an area? A) It could increase the average water level of lakes in the area. B) It could increase the amount of flooding in the area. C) It could decrease the amount of possible infiltration in the area. D) It could decrease the possible amount of damage to crops in the area. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) It could decrease the amount of possible infiltration in the area. 4. What force acts to turn surface water into groundwater? A) Friction. B) The flowing water in a river. C) Heat energy. D) Gravity. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Gravity. 5. Secondary aim of watershed management is to develop A) Plants. B) Animals. C) Biomass. D) All of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of these. 6. Imagine you see a shallow-water area with large trees whose trunks grow from underwater. What type of wetland are you most likely seeing? A) Bog. B) Swamp. C) Marsh. D) Rainforest. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Swamp. 7. A rural, forested area receives a lot of rain in a short amount of time. What would most likely cause potential flooding in the area? A) If the area has a large uncharged aquifer beneath it. B) If the water level in the area is below the zone of saturation. C) If the ground of the area is already saturated with water. D) If the ground of the area is mostly sandy soil. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) If the ground of the area is already saturated with water. 8. In our homes, here in the USA, what is the average use of water per day per person? A) 100-200 liters. B) Over 500 liters. C) Under 100 liters. D) 300-400 liters. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) 300-400 liters. 9. What is topography? A) A graph showing all the different topos. B) A map of all the waterways in an area. C) A map of different mountains in a mountain range that share watersheds. D) The shape of the land determined by the elevation. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) The shape of the land determined by the elevation. 10. What is the percentage of wetlands on the Earth's surface? A) 3. B) 6. C) 10. D) 97. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 6. 11. 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. 12. Any land that is flooded with shallow water A) Tundra. B) Grassland. C) Desert. D) Wetland. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Wetland. 13. Large reptile with sharp teeth that lives in some wetland areas A) Iguana. B) Piranha. C) Barracuda. D) Crocodile. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Crocodile. 14. 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. 15. 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 might cause native organisms to leave the area. C) There will be no impact. D) The runoff will lower the water level in the Ocean. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) The runoff might pollute the water. 16. Moving in the direction of the current A) Upstream. B) Confluence. C) Downstream. D) Undertow. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Downstream. 17. Pollutants from a factory enter a stream or creek and travel to a river. River water tested with the pollutant found is called A) Point source pollutionAvailable space for crops. B) Nonpoint source pollution. C) Eutrophic pollution. D) Riparian pollution. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Nonpoint source pollution. 18. 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. 19. What is a lake? A) A natural stream of water of considerable volume. B) Small rivers or stream that flow into a larger river or stream. C) A body of fresh water naturally or man-made found in low lying areas. D) None of above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) A body of fresh water naturally or man-made found in low lying areas. 20. Which of the following is NOT true about ponds and lakes? A) Ponds are deeper than lakes. B) Ponds contain more algae than lakes. C) Lakes are larger than ponds. D) Lakes are colder than ponds. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Ponds are deeper than lakes. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesWatershed Management Quiz 1Watershed Management Quiz 3Watershed Management Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books