Watershed Exploration
This worksheet explores the concept of watersheds, their components, and their importance in the environment.
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Read each question carefully and answer to the best of your ability. Use complete sentences for short answer questions.
1. What is the definition of a watershed?
An area of land where all water drains into a central ocean.
An area of land that drains all the streams and rainfall to a common outlet.
A man-made canal system for irrigating crops.
A large body of standing water, like a lake.
2. Which of the following is NOT typically a component of a watershed?
Rivers and streams
Lakes and ponds
Underground aquifers
Active volcanoes
3. The boundary that separates one watershed from another is called a .
4. Water moves through a watershed as part of the cycle.
5. The health of a watershed can be impacted by human activities such as and .
6. All precipitation that falls within a watershed will eventually flow to the same outlet.
True
False
7. A watershed can be as small as a footprint or as large as several states.
True
False
8. Explain why healthy watersheds are important for both human populations and ecosystems.
9. Describe one negative human impact on watersheds and suggest a way to mitigate it.