Transcript Resources & Watersheds

Resources & Watersheds
An Elegant Review
1
Which is true about Virginia?
A. The Chesapeake Bay is on the west
coast.
B. The Atlantic Ocean is on the east
coast.
C. It is bordered by the Pacific Ocean.
D. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocean.
Answer 1
B
The Atlantic Ocean is on the
east coast.
2
A land area over which surface water
(and the materials it carries) flows to a
single collection place is called a—
A.Watershed
B.Peninsula
C.Plateau
D.reservoir
Answer 2
A
Watershed
3
The Potomac, Rappahannock,
York, and James are—
A.
B.
C.
D.
The four major lakes in Virginia
The four major plateaus in Virginia
The four major regions in Virginia
The four major rivers in Virginia
D
The four major rivers in
Virginia
4 What provides a feeding
ground for many species of ocean
creatures?
A. Lake Eerie
B. Lake Drummond
C. The Chesapeake Bay
D. The source of the York River
Answer 4
C
The Chesapeake
Bay
5 Coal is a—
A. Renewable resource
B. Nonrenewable resource
C. resource we can easily get
again
D. human resource
Answer 5
B
Nonrenewable
Resource
6
“The James River and the
Chesapeake Bay” is—
A.Our reservoir address
B.Our waterfall address
C.Our watershed address
D.Our postal address
Answer 6
C
Our watershed
address
7
Resources that can be made
again relatively quickly are—
A.Retracted resources
B.Renewable resources
C.Re-useable resources
D.Redundant resources
Answer 7
B
Renewable
Resources
8
Disease, poor water quality,
and too much harvesting have
led to—
A. New species of oysters and crabs
living in the Chesapeake Bay
B. More people moving to the
Chesapeake Bay area
C. A decrease in oyster populations in
the Chesapeake Bay
D. The rise of the Blue Crab at the top
of the food chain.
C
A decrease in oyster
populations in the
Chesapeake Bay
9 What covers more than half of
Virginia?
A. The Chesapeake Bay watershed
B. The Blue Ridge Mountain
region.
C. Oyster shells
D. The James River
Answer 9
A
The Chesapeake
Bay watershed
10 Which statement means that
the actions of all people affect the
health of the Chesapeake Bay?
A. “You can’t judge a book by
it’s cover.”
B. “Size isn’t everything.”
C. “We all live downstream.”
D. “A stitch in time saves nine.”
Answer 10
C
“We all live
downstream”
11 Coal is—
A. Not a resource found in
Virginia
B. Important to Virginia’s
economy
C. Found in the Coastal Plains
D. Shipped in from New York to
Virginia
Answer 11
B
Important to the
economy of
Virginia
12 Which is NOT an example of a
natural resource?
A.Hammer
B.Water
C.Soil
D.Wood
Answer 12
A
Hammer