Hydrosphere Unit I test review

You are building a new house and need to dig a well. Which would be the best choice?

• unsaturated level

• top of saturated level

• bottom of saturated level

• impermeable rock level

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is urban sprawl?

• a cool dance move

• populations expanding out from cities into rural areas

• populations expanding out from rural areas into cities

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

How does larger populated areas affect water availability in a local river basin?

• The water supply is not affected.

• The water supply increases, causing flooding.

• The water supply is quickly replenished from the additional resources.

• The water supply decreases, causing a shortage.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Which statement is true about the changing salt concentrations of ocean water?

• When Earth's ice increases, oceans gets saltier.

• When Earth's ice increases, ocean water gets less salty.

Which statement is true about the changing salt concentrations of ocean water?

• When ocean water evaporates, the water gets less salty.

• When ocean water evaporates, the water gets saltier.

What has the greatest effect on a town's freshwater?

• the average winter temperature

• the location of the nearest ocean

• the location of the nearest mountain

• the average annual rainfall

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

If you wanted to test the quality of water in aquifers, where would you obtain the best information?

• lakes

• water table

• wells

• septic tanks

Where does most freshwater exist?

• aquifers, ice caps and glaciers

• glaciers, rivers, and oceans

• ice caps, lakes and streams

• glaciers, lakes and oceans

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is an area of land that all drains to one place?

• river

• reservoir

• river basin

• aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Rivers and streams transport nutrients, salts, sediments and pollutants. Which is the correct order for this process?

• Watersheds to oceans to estuaries

• watersheds to estuaries to oceans