Study Guide on Unit 1 Water
Terms & Watersheds
Vocabulary Words
Desalination
Watershed
Aquifer
Riparian Zone
Saturated/Unsaturated
Ground Water
Surface Water
Run Off
Renewable Resources
Impervious
Transect Line
Sustainable
Eutrophication
Non-point resource pollution
Point source pollution
Percolating
High Heat of Vaporization
High Degree of Insulation
Universal Solvent
Capillary Action
High Specific Heat
Expansion on Freezing
Independent Variable
Dependent Variable
Hypothesis
Constants
Control
Repeated trails
Qualitative
Quantitative
Estuary
Tragedy of the Commons
Rachel Carson
Potable
Water table
1. What states are part of the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
2. Which states has the highest % of its area in the watershed?
3. What cities are part of the watershed that we talked about?
4. What rivers flow into the Chesapeake Bay?
5. How wide is the Chesapeake Bay watershed?
6. How many square miles are in the Chesapeake Bay Watershed?
7. How long cn a person live without water?
8. How much swater does each person use in the average US home a day?
9. How many gallons does it take to flush the toilet or brush your teeth?
10. Where does the water we use come from?
11. What % of the world’s water is salty or undrinkable? How much is drinkable?
12. What trees did we see in the woods?
13. What did the parts of the cattail look like?