Envirothon Aquatics

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Clouds or dew form when water __________________.

• evaporates

• transpires

• condenses

• precipitates

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water vapor cools to a liquid, what is happening?

• evaporation

• sublimation

• condensation

• precipitation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Most of Earths fresh water is stored in?

• Lakes

• Rivers

• Ice caps and glaciers

• Groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

When water soaks into the ground this is known as ___________

• evaporation

• groundwater flow

• infiltration

• surface runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The flow of water over the land is known as

• groundwater runoff

• surface runoff

• streamflow

• infiltration

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The number one consumptive water use in the U.S. is

• household

• irrigation for agriculture

• industrial

• hydroelectricity

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the process of water exiting the plants leaves and entering the atmosphere as water vapor?

• Perspiration
• Transformation
• Transpiration
• Evaporation

_______ is when too many nutrients get in the water and cause algae to bloom (or overgrow).

• Tributary
• Eutrophication
• Dead Zone
• Toxic

Fecal matter (poop) from farms carried by runoff into streams will results in... 

• high dissolved oxygen
• low nitrogen
• low turbidity 
• high fecal coliform (e-coli bacteria)