Hydrology Assessment Part 2

What is the main type of plant that grows in swamps

• Tall grass

• Trees

• Mosses

• Reeds

Where is the majority of the freshwater found?

• lakes, rivers and streams

• underground

• ocean

• frozen in glaciers or ice caps

If oil leak from a car on the street and runs off into a storm drain, this is

• non-point source

• point source

• side-point source

• groundwater

What is the bottom or "floor" of a body of water called?

• Sunlit zone

• Midnight zone

• Benthic zone

• Aphotic zone

What does it mean if a creature is "bioluminescent?"

• the creature has no eyes

• the creature lives in aphotic zone

• the creature can produce its own light

• the creature is an angler fish

Which of the following increases as your descend into the ocean?

• temperature

• light

• pressure

• biodiversity

When does lake turnover take place?

• winter and summer

• only in winter

• only in spring

• fall and spring

More sediment enters water than usual. What qualities of water will be affected?

• temperature increase

• dissolved oxygen increase

• turbidity increase

• all of the above

Which describes the intertidal zone?

• hydrothermal vents

• benthic zone

• little sunlight

• stable conditions

The deepest part of the ocean is the

• aphotic zone

• disphotic zone

• intertidal zone

• photic zone