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Test Description: Review of all hydrosphere
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1) What is another word for drinkable?
A
Permeable
B
Impermeable
C
Suitable
D
Potable
2) What is eutrophication?
A
An increase in algae that decreases dissolved oxygen.
B
An increase in sediment that makes water cloudy.
C
An increase in temperature that decreases dissolved oxygen.
D
An increase in the pH scale that makes water more basic.
3) Organisms or components of organisms that are used to assess the health of a water system
A
Bio-indicators
B
Turbidity
C
Testers
D
Filtration
4) Pollutants discharged from a single identifiable location (e.g., pipes, ditches, channels, sewers, tunnels, containers of various types).
A
Point source pollution
B
Index pollution
C
Pollution
D
Nonpoint source pollution
5) A process that removes small particles to help with turbidity
A
extraction
B
filtration
C
removal
D
taxidermy
6) An underground layer of rock or soil that holds water
A
Watershed
B
River basin
C
Geothermal
D
Aquifer
7) The region of land drained by a river and its tributaries
A
Aquifer
B
Watershed
C
Foreshed
D
River basin
8) What percent of earth is freshwater?
A
60%
B
74%
C
97%
D
3%
9) Which of the following is not an example of freshwater?
A
Ice
B
Living things
C
Soil
D
Pacific ocean
10) Where is most freshwater located?
A
Glaciers
B
Oceans
C
Aquifers
D
Rivers
11) Where does the water in a river basin lead to?
A
River
B
Pond
C
Glacier
D
Estuary
12) What is one positive thing about an estuary?
A
Used as shelter from weather
B
Used as a home for sharks
C
Used as a nursery for many organisms
D
Used as a feeding area
13) What is the job of an aquifer?
A
Regulates the amount of freshwater.
B
Filters pollutants.
C
Transforms salt water into freshwater
D
Leads freshwater to an estuary or ocean.
14) Which zone has the highest amount of pressure?
A
Deep
B
Photic
C
Open
D
Intertidal
15) Where do vent organisms get their energy from?
A
Other organisms
B
Photosynthesis
C
Sunlight
D
Chemosynthesis
16) Process in which deep, cold water rises to the surface and warm surface waters move away from shore.
A
Aquifer
B
Downfalll
C
Upwelling
D
Watershed
17) What are the benefits of upwellings?
A
Changes the direction of water flow.
B
Changes the temperature of water.
C
Protects nurseries.
D
Brings nutrients to surface
18) A machine that measures the ocean depth by sound waves.
A
Sonar
B
Satellite Imagery
C
Scuba diving
D
Submersible
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