Review of Hydrosphere

Study the graph below.  Where is most of the Earth's water located?

• Rivers and Lakes
• Glaciers and Icecaps
• oceans
• groundwater

Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth not available for our use?

• All freshwater on Earth is easily accessible for use.
• It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.
• It is surface water.
• It is underground.

The ability of a material to transmit water through interconnected pores is called

• capacity
• competence
• permeability
• porosity

Which is most likely an example of point source pollution?

• fertilizer sprayed onto a field
• water runoff from a city street 
• a pipe flowing into a river

Aquifers store ____ water.

• ground
• lake 
• ocean
• glacier

Which of the following is not a permeable surface?

• soil
• sand
• pavement
• moss

What is Point-Source pollution? 

• pollution coming from a specific one site
• unsure of the places the pollution is coming from 
• Oil spills in to the ocean
• None of the above

How does turbidity describe a water system's health?

• High turbidity contains less suspended solids and healthier
• Turbid water contains more dissolved gases than solids.
• Less turbid water contains less suspended solids than gases
  
• Low turbidity contains more gases and solids in water

All the water on, in , and surrounding the earth

• Atmosphere
• Hydrosphere
• Biosphere
• Lithosphere

Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:

• Groundwater
• Bogs
• Water in the ground