Water Resources Test Review

All of the land areas that supplies water to a particular river system is included in a(n)?

• aquifer
  
• 
  Water table
• 
  watershed
• recharge zone

Leaky underground storage tanks are a major source of what type of pollution?

• Ground water
• Nonpoint-source
• Biological
• Sediment

Only a very small portion of Earth’s water is both liquid and

• salty
• fresh
• frozen
• underground

Drainage basins are sometimes called

• monsoons
• runoffs
• groundwaters
• reservoirs

From greatest to least, rank the primary uses of freshwater around the world.

• personal, industry, agriculture
• industry, agriculture, personal
• agriculture, industry, personal
• industry, personal, agriculture

Which of the following was not part of the Clean Water Act?

• set standards for pollution levels
• funded construction of sewage treatment plants
• limited the release of point-source pollution
• regulated the amount of fertilizers and pesticides that are contained in runoff

As a natural resource, freshwater is

• renewable
• nonrenewable
• unlimited
• unusable

To help regulate river flow and to build a stable supply of water, engineers build

• aquifers.
• water tables.
• dams
• wells

Over-irrigation can result in

• salinization
• water diversion
• recharge
• sediment capture

Which of the following is an example of non point-source pollution?

• a boat leaking motor oil
• a pipe releasing hot water
• rain washing salt off the roads
• a container leaking chemicals