Watersheds/
Water Resources
Natural Resources
Vocabulary
Mineral Resources/
Soil and Land
I Feel Lucky!
100
A _______________ is an area over which surface water flows to a single collection place.
What is a watershed?
100
Something we need, want, and use
What is a resource?
100

The wearing away (or movement) of soil is known as _________?

What is erosion?

100
Sand and aggregates can be used in making ________, ________, _________?
What are roads, concrete, and glass?
100

What do plants add into the air?

Oxygen
200
Name three of Virginia's major river.
What are the James, Rappahannock, Potomac, and York Rivers?
200
A material found in nature that is useful to people.
What is a natural resource?
200
How does planting bushes help our watershed?

Decreases the amount of soil in the drains. 

200
Limestone and Granite are dug from deep pits call quarries and used as _________________?
What are building materials?
200
What does the phrase "We All Live Downstream" mean?
What is "all pollution eventually affects the ocean?"
300
This watershed covers over half of Virginia's land surface.
What is the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
300

Name three of Virginia's natural resources.

What are forests, arable land, coal, sand, and aggregates, wildlife, sea food, clean water, air, and beautiful scenery?

300
What is a cultivated resource?
What is a resource created by man?
300
Water within the earth that supplies wells and springs.
What is surface water?
300
Things made by people out of materials that began as natural resources.
What is a man-made resource?
400

These are three examples of Virginia's water resources.

What are rivers, lakes, bays, reservoirs, and the Atlantic Ocean?

400
What natural resource is important to Virginia's state economy and a source of energy?
What is coal?
400

What is the most important way natural resources like rocks and minerals are used?

Construction materials

400
Trees can be planted, which makes them a special kind of natural resource. This is called a ____________________ resource.
What is a renewable resource?
400
What is a natural or man-made lake or large tank that is used for collecting and storing water?
What is a reservoir?
500

The Chesepeake Bay Watershed empties into what major body of water?

What is the Atlantic Ocean?

500

What kind of water is found in Virginia's lakes?

Fresh water

500

What is a way both cultivated and natural forests are used in Virginia?

For construction and recreation

500

What type of water is found in rivers?

Fresh Water

500

Does pollution cause animal population to increase or decrease?

decrease
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