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Watersheds
Test Description: Mrs. Baumann
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) water with low amounts or no salt. Only 1% of the liquid water on earth.
A
surface water
B
saltwater
C
fresh water
D
groundwater
2) water below earth's surface: aquifer
A
salt water
B
fresh water
C
groundwater
D
runoff
3) CAN decompose (break down by decomposers) within weeks or months
A
plastic
B
biodegradable
C
landfill
D
nonbiodegradable
4) the dump: hole lined with plastic, filled with trash, and buried forever
A
north pacific gyre
B
aquifer
C
landfill
D
recharge zone
5) downward movement through porous/spongy material: filtered/ infiltration
A
transpiration
B
percolation
C
first flush
D
water cycle
6) area that drains into a lake, river, ocean, aquifer, etc...
A
watershed
B
strip mine
C
north pacific gyre
D
landfill
7) Plant food, causes algae blooms that can be poisonous or use up all of the oxygen, killing fish
A
pesticide
B
fertilizer
C
groundwater
D
sediment
8) area of ocean the size of Tx, full of plastic trash from runoff
A
north pacific gyre
B
first flush
C
landfill
D
recharge zone
9) Where water percolates down, filling an underground aquifer
A
recharge zone
B
plant roots
C
landfill
D
watershed
10) non renewable energy source such as oil, coal, gas, that releases CO2/air pollution when burned
A
runoff
B
pesticide
C
fossil fuel
D
sediment
11) rain runs off the surface of earth, picking up trash/pollution
A
water cycle
B
percolation
C
first flush
D
runoff
12) soil deposited by running water, wind or gravity
A
runoff
B
resources
C
strip mining
D
sediment
13) removal of whole ecosystem by explosives during the digging up of resources
A
strip mining
B
overfishing
C
recharge zone
D
transpiration
14) full of holes, water filters through it
A
porosity
B
plastic
C
potable
D
pollution
15) safe to drink
A
pesticide
B
potable
C
first flush
D
fertilizer
16) replenishable; can always make/get more when used: animals, plants, wind, solar, hydroelectricity...
A
renewable resource
B
nonrenewable resource
C
nonbiodegradable
D
biodegradable
17) petroleum product that takes hundreds/thousands of years to break down
A
plant roots
B
plastic
C
paper
D
clay
18) bug killer (poison)
A
fresh water
B
fertilizer
C
surface water
D
pesticide
19) prevents soil erosion
A
plant roots
B
pollution
C
overfishing
D
run off
20) water on earth's surface (lake, river, ocean...)
A
transpiration
B
aquifer
C
surface water
D
groundwater
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