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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
fresh water
B
surface water
C
saltwater
D
groundwater
2) water below earth's surface: aquifer
A
groundwater
B
salt water
C
fresh water
D
runoff
3) CAN decompose (break down by decomposers) within weeks or months
A
nonbiodegradable
B
biodegradable
C
plastic
D
landfill
4) the dump: hole lined with plastic, filled with trash, and buried forever
A
landfill
B
aquifer
C
north pacific gyre
D
recharge zone
5) downward movement through porous/spongy material: filtered/ infiltration
A
water cycle
B
first flush
C
transpiration
D
percolation
6) area that drains into a lake, river, ocean, aquifer, etc...
A
north pacific gyre
B
watershed
C
strip mine
D
landfill
7) Plant food, causes algae blooms that can be poisonous or use up all of the oxygen, killing fish
A
sediment
B
fertilizer
C
pesticide
D
groundwater
8) area of ocean the size of Tx, full of plastic trash from runoff
A
first flush
B
recharge zone
C
north pacific gyre
D
landfill
9) Where water percolates down, filling an underground aquifer
A
recharge zone
B
watershed
C
landfill
D
plant roots
10) non renewable energy source such as oil, coal, gas, that releases CO2/air pollution when burned
A
pesticide
B
fossil fuel
C
runoff
D
sediment
11) rain runs off the surface of earth, picking up trash/pollution
A
first flush
B
water cycle
C
percolation
D
runoff
12) soil deposited by running water, wind or gravity
A
runoff
B
resources
C
sediment
D
strip mining
13) removal of whole ecosystem by explosives during the digging up of resources
A
overfishing
B
recharge zone
C
strip mining
D
transpiration
14) full of holes, water filters through it
A
pollution
B
porosity
C
potable
D
plastic
15) safe to drink
A
first flush
B
fertilizer
C
potable
D
pesticide
16) replenishable; can always make/get more when used: animals, plants, wind, solar, hydroelectricity...
A
renewable resource
B
biodegradable
C
nonrenewable resource
D
nonbiodegradable
17) petroleum product that takes hundreds/thousands of years to break down
A
plant roots
B
paper
C
clay
D
plastic
18) bug killer (poison)
A
pesticide
B
fresh water
C
fertilizer
D
surface water
19) prevents soil erosion
A
plant roots
B
overfishing
C
pollution
D
run off
20) water on earth's surface (lake, river, ocean...)
A
transpiration
B
surface water
C
aquifer
D
groundwater
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