Watersheds
River parts
POLLUTION
Our watershed
General Watershed and Rivers Vocab
100
What is a watershed?
Area of land that drains to a central body of water
100
The start of a river
Source
100
What is pollution?
Something that can be harmful to the water, air, or natural land
100
Name the largest river in our area
Susquehanna River
100
A river or stream that leads into a bigger body of water
tributary
200
What is one watershed that we live in?
Conodoguinet Creek WS, Susquehanna River WS, Chesapeake Bay WS
200
The "end" of a river where it empties into another body of water
Mouth
200
Give one way that pollution can get into our waterways
Runoff, air pollution into the water cycle
200
A tributary of the Chesapeake Bay is the Delaware River, True or False
False
200
Water that runs off of the land after precipitation; often carries pollution with it
Runoff
300
How are the edges (boundaries) of a watershed determined?
By the highest points around (hills and mountains)
300
What is the mouth of the Susquehanna River and the Potomac River?
Chesapeake Bay
300
Pollution that comes from a single, easily identifiable point
Point source pollution
300
The Conodoguinet Creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, True or False
True
300
Define watershed -
Area of land where the water runs off into a larger body of water
400
Explain how it is possible that you can live in several differently named watersheds at the same time.
Because some watersheds are small, and some are large, rivers are connected, similar to the county, state, country idea that you can live in all 3 at once.
400
Where is the source of the Susquehanna River?
Cooperstown, NY
400
Pollution that does not come from one point, instead comes from many areas usually in the form of runoff
Non-point source pollution
400
Is the Susquehanna a tributary of the Mississippi River?
No
400
Define point source pollution
pollution that comes from a single, easily identifiable pipe such as a factory
500
What is the largest of the watersheds that we live in that we have talked about?
Chesapeake Bay watershed
500
Daily Random double - What state is the mouth of the Susquehanna in?
Maryland
500
Give examples of point source AND non-point source pollution
Point - Factories, sewage/water treatment plant Nonpoint - Farms, houses, golf courses
500
Random daily double - How many states are included in the Chesapeake Bay watershed? (think back to the states you labelled on our maps)
6
500
Spell the name of the creek that Camp Hill is closest to; this creek is a tributary of the Susquehanna River
Conodoguinet
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