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Surface Water
This stack includes the water cycle and watersheds of Virginia.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is surface water restored by? | Hydrologic (water) cycle |
| What happens when water is evaporated? | It rises into the atmosphere where it cools and condenses which forms clouds. |
| What are the main four parts of the water cycle? | Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation and Runoff |
| What is precipitation? | The cloud droplets |
| What are the four forms of precipitation? | Rain, Snow, Sleet and Hail |
| What accumulates runoff? | Rivers, lakes, streams and eventually, oceans |
| What is a watershed? | All the land that is drained by a river system |
| The largest watershed in Virginia is___ (fill in the blank) | The James River System |
| This and surface water is easily polluted by erosion and human activities such as waste disposal. | Groundwater |
| What leads to the Chesapeake Bay, North Carolina Sounds and the Gulf of Mexico? | Other major watershed systems in Virginia. |