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