NC River Basins I

1. What affects the temperature of water in a stream?

Climate only

Climate and weather only

Climate, weather, addition of groundwater only

Climate, weather, addition of groundwater, shade from trees

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2. What is an aquifer?

A brand of bottled water.

A river or stream as it runs across the surface of the land

A porous rock layer underground that is a reservoir for water

Anywhere that water is stored

3. Which of the following is true?

A river basin is composed of multiple smaller water sheds.

It is impossible to know what river basin you live in.

4. All the land area that drains into a river is called

An estuary

River basin

Groundwater

Watershed

Either term, watershed or river basin

5. Check all that apply: Which of the following components make up your ecological address"

What river basin you live in

The topography of the land on which you live

How close you live to wetlands

The quality of the groundwater near where you live

The biodiversity around you

The type of soil in your backyard

The quality of the air you breathe

The climate of this area

Your energy consumption

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