Student Worksheet

WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE!

Directions:

Write your answers on this worksheet in the spaces provided. If you need additional space, your answers may be written on the back of this worksheet or on a separate sheet of paper.

1. New Jersey's Pinelands are located in which geomorphic province?

2. What is the most important aquifer in the Pinelands?

3. Most of this aquifer consists of what kinds of particles?

4. The groundwater held in this aquifer is related to the amount of precipitation (rain and snow) that falls each year. About how many inches of precipitation fall on the Pinelands yearly?

5. Where does excess groundwater go once the aquifer is filled?

6. Where do Pinelands streams and rivers get most of their water?

7. Name three Pinelands Rivers.

8. Are the headwaters of all Pinelands rivers located within the Pinelands?

9. All but one of these rivers flow from west to east and empty into the Atlantic ocean. Which river flows east to west and empties into the Delaware River?

10. How did sand and gravel become part of the Outer Coastal Plain?

11. Normally, the water table of the Cohansey Aquifer is how far below the earths surface?

12. If the water table of the Cohansey Aquifer were lowered several feet for a number of years, what impact would it have on the Pinelands?

13. How many feet does the Mullica River drop between its point of origin and the ocean?

14. What does this elevation drop tell you about the surface of New Jersey's Pinelands?

15. Name three bodies of water that join the Mullica River as it flows toward the Atlantic Ocean.

16. What kind of information can you gain from a topographic map?

18. If you were going to go hiking near Batsto Village in the Pinelands, what kind of map would you prefer to take with you, a New Jersey road map, or topographic quadrangles? Explain why you would make this choice.

19. Why do you think villages like Batsto, Atsion, and Pleasant Mills were built along Pinelands waterways?

20. We know that there are many forests in both the Valley and Ridge geomorphic province in northwest New Jersey and the Outer Coastal Plain; however, can you think of a major difference between these two provinces?