APES Water Unit Review

The geological layer, consisting of underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock, where groundwater flows, is called

• zone of saturation
• aquifer
• the water table
• surface water

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Throughout the world, the majority of water is used for

• irrigation
• industrial uses
• humans and animals
• cooling towers of power plants

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Withdrawing too much water from an aquifer can cause all of the following except

• freshwater contaminated with saltwater
• land subsidence
• sinkholes
• drought

97% of all water on Earth is in the oceans. Which of the following is the correct order of the Earth’s water storage compartments from largest to smallest?

• ocean, atmosphere, surface water, groundwater, ice caps

• ocean, groundwater, surface water, ice caps, atmosphere

• ocean, ice caps, groundwater, surface water, atmosphere

• ocean, surface water, ice caps, groundwater, atmosphere

Use Figure provided. Household per capita daily use of water is greatest in

• Cambodia

• Australia

• Canada

• The United States

Where do we typically see saltwater intrusions into freshwater aquifers?

• On the great plains

• In the mountainous regions

• In coastal areas

• Along rivers

Desalination is

• removing salt from water
• removing oil from water
• removing toxic chemicals from water
• adding salt to water

The disadvantage of desalination water is that...

• It is expensive and produces briny wastewater

• It can be used in areas with little freshwater

• It produces water that is not safe to drink.

• It is not a real thing.

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How has the diversion of water, as in the case of the Aral Sea, affected their original source of water?

• It left behind plains covered with salts and toxins.

• 90% of the volume has been lost.

• Fisheries have collapsed, causing an economic disaster

• All of the above.

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Four of the following are disadvantages of dam and reservoir systems; one is not. Choose the one that is not.

• Dams and reservoirs disrupt migration of some fish.
• Dams and reservoirs displace people behind the dam
• Dams and reservoirs lead to devastating flooding if there is a failure.
• Dams and reservoirs increases downstream flooding.

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