Surface Water

Surface Water

Lesson 2

Pg 372-378

Multiple Choice

The circulation of the earth's water, in which water evaporates from the sea into the atmosphere, where it condenses and falls as rain or snow, returning to the sea by rivers or returning to the atmosphere by evapo-transpiration is called the...

• carbon cycle
• nitrogen cycle
• water cycle
• rock cycle

Multiple Choice

Water above Earth's surface is called

• tributary

• surface water

• watershed

• groundwater

Multiple Choice

What items flow together to make a river system? 

• streams and rivers
• ponds
• lakes
• oceans

Multiple Choice

Look closely at the map of the watershed below. If water enters the watershed at the top of the mountain where the arrow is pointing, at which point will it stop draining?

• Point A

• Point B

• Point C

• Point D

Multiple Choice

Where are you most likely to find a watershed?

• In a lake

• On a mountain top

• At the bottom of a valley

• Everywhere

Multiple Choice

What definition BEST describes a watershed?

• An area where water infiltrates the soil

• An area where aquatic plants and animals thrive

• An area where snow melts and changes into liquid water

• An area that collects precipitation and drains it to the lowest point

Please read pages 372-375 that

focuses on rivers and watersheds.

Pg 372

Pg 372

Pg 373

Pg 373

Pg 374

Pg 374

Pg 375

Pg 375

Multiple Choice

Which of the following models BEST represents how water flows in a watershed?

• A

• B

• C

• D

Multiple Choice

Which statement about water pollution is TRUE?

• Pollution only affects surface water.

• Pollution cannot be dissolved in water.

• Pollution affects both surface and groundwater.

• Pollution cannot travel through soil to groundwater.

Multiple Choice

Runoffs recharge lakes and streams.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Rapid growth of algae in a pond is often the result of -

• loss of habitat due to commercial building.

• flooding that causes water levels to rise.

• excess nutrients from fertilizer runoff.

• clogged river tributaries entering a lake.

Multiple Choice

The picture shown is an example of______

• runoff

• point source water pollution

• nonpoint source water pollution

• ground water

Multiple Choice

How were the great lakes formed?

• They are the remains of the bathwater of dinosaurs.

• They were formed due to cracks in the earth.

• They were formed from the remains of glaciers from the last ice age.

• They were formed as a result of global warming.

Multiple Select

How are lakes and ponds formed?

• Glaciers carving a basin

• Earthquakes or volcanoes

• Twisting rivers or oxbow lakes

• All of the above

Multiple Choice

What is the difference between lakes and ponds?

• Lakes are bigger and deeper than ponds

• Ponds are bigger and deeper than lakes

• Lakes have more plants and animals than ponds

• Ponds have more plants and animals than lakes

Multiple Select

What is the main source of water for lakes and ponds?

• Rainwater

• Underground aquifers

• Rivers and streams

• All of the above

Please read pages 376-379 that

focuses on lakes & ponds.

Pg 376

Pg 377

Pg 377

Pg 378

Pg 378

Pg 379

Pg 379

Multiple Select

What is the role of plankton in lakes and ponds?

• They are microscopic plants that produce food and oxygen

• They are tiny creatures that eat algae

• They are food for larger animals

• All of the above

Multiple Select

How does pollution affect lakes and ponds?

• Pesticides from crops can contaminate the water

• Fertilizers from lawns can cause excessive plant growth

• Air pollution can lead to acid rain

• All of the above

Ground Water

Lesson 3

380-385

Please read pages 380-385 that

focuses on groundwater.

Multiple Choice

In the diagram, letter A best represents:

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Water Table

• Confining Layer

Multiple Choice

During the process of infiltration, water seeps through the ground and into an aquifer. Which of the following terms best describes this process?

• Recharge

• Discharge

• Depletion

• Surcharge

Multiple Choice

What is the relationship between groundwater and surface water?

• Surface water percolates (moves) through the soil to form groundwater.
• There is no relationship between surface and groundwater.
• Groundwater filters through the soil to form surface water.
• Surface water is found in lakes directly above underground water sources.

Multiple Choice

Aquifer – a permeable rock layer than can hold or transport water

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

If a well is over-pumped... what could happen?

• there will be more groundwater

• less groundwater + aquifers will dry out

• the water table does not change

Multiple Choice

All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above ground

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Swimming pool

Pg 380

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Pg 381

Pg 382

Pg 382

Pg 382

Pg 383

Pg 383

Pg 384-385

Pg 385

Multiple Choice

Which of the following implies the same thing as the word "aquifer"?

• zone of saturation

• zone of aeration

• zone of soil moisture

• zone of twilight

Multiple Choice

The top of an aquifer is known as:

• the water table.

• an artesian well.

• the hydraulic gradient.

• a geyser.

Multiple Choice

The two factors that influence the curved route of infiltrated water flow underground are:

• gravity and hydraulic pressure.

• gravity and electromagnetism.

• the Coriolis Effect and the prevailing winds.

• permeability and non-permeability.

Multiple Choice

How would the porosity of the poorly sorted sediment compare to the well sorted sediment?

• It would be greater in the poorly sorted sediment

• It would be less in the poorly sorted sediment

• It would be the same in both

Multiple Choice

What is the best definition of a water table?

• The level to which a river rises when it floods

• The boundary between the land and the ocean

• The top of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The bottom of the saturated zone in an aquifer

• The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer

Multiple Choice

What would cause the water table to lower?

• High rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Low rates of evaporation and transpiration

• Increasing amounts of runoff

• A heavy rainstorm with a lot of precipitation

Multiple Choice

What is infiltration?

• The process by which water sinks into the ground

• The zone where there are still air spaces left between the particles.

• The process by which water vapor turns into liquid water and forms fog or clouds.

• The process by which water does not sink into the ground, but rather travels along the surface.

Multiple Choice

Which soil would have the greatest permeability rate after a rainstorm?

• sand (0.02 cm)

• silt (0.002 cm)

• clay (0.0002 cm)

Multiple Choice

These containers have the same volume of beads which are representing soil particles. What is the relative porosity and permeability of each?

• The container on the left has the higher permeability and porosity

• The container on the right has the higher permeability and porosity

• The container on the left has the higher permeability, but they both have the same porosity

• The container on the right has the higher permeability, but they both have the same porosity

Multiple Choice

Which surface would have the most runoff from it after a rainstorm?

Multiple Choice

Which surface would be impermeable?