Unit 3.book Page 45 Thursday, April 26, 2007 2:57 PM
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Fresh Water
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Review and Reinforce
Surface Water
Understanding Main Ideas
1. What are the main parts of a river system?
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2. How are a lake and a pond alike? How are they different?
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Answer the following questions on a separate sheet of paper.
3. Identify three types of wetlands.
4. Why do wetlands have a rich supply of nutrients? What other feature makes
wetlands good habitats for so many organisms?
5. How can paving over a wetland area cause flooding?
7. divide _________________________________________________________________
8. watershed ______________________________________________________________
9. habitat ______________________________________________________________
10. reservoir ________________________________________________________________
11. wetland ________________________________________________________________
12. What type of freshwater wetland is shown in this picture? Explain your answer.
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Fresh Water
Building Vocabulary
Write a definition for each of the following terms.
6. tributary _______________________________________________________________