Chapter 11-Section 1: Water Resources-Quiz

A river and all the streams and smaller rivers that flow into it together make up a

• water shed
• river system
• aquifer
• tributaries

What materials that do not allow water to pass through easily are called

• saturated
• unsaturated
• permeable
• impermeable

Which best explains why runoff is important?

• It returns water to other locations on Earth
• It increases the chance of flooding
• It makes evaporation occur faster
• It increases condensation

Fill in the Blank: 
___________ is an example of a watershed (an area of land that is drained by a river) 

• Pathogen 
• Recharge Zone 
• Mississippi River 
• 1972 Clean Water Act

Fill in the Blank 
An area of the Earth's surface from which water percolates down into an aquifer is called.......

• Groundwater 
• Recharge Zone 
  Nonpoint-source pollution 
• Artificial Eutrophication 
• Recharge Zone

Groundwater is stored in.... 

• aquifers 
• lakes 
• oceans 
• the center of the Earth 

Ninety-seven percent of the world's water resources are found in.... 

• Fresh water 
• Salt Water 
• Icecaps and Glaciers in the North Pole 
• Goundwater 

Earth's surface water is found in 

• Lakes 
• Streams 
• Rivers 
• All of the Above

___________ is a flowing network of surface water 

• River System 
• Watershed 
• Aquifer 
• River 

How much of Earth's water is freshwater? 

• 1 percent 
• 3 percent 
• 77 percent 
• 97 percent