Hydrosphere Quiz Review

What affects the porosity and permeability of the soil?

• specific amount of particles

• particle size

What percent of water is found in the oceans?

• 97.2

• 50

The ability of water to flow through rock or soil

• Permeability

• Porosity

How can a dam harm you?

• Pushing you out of your home
• Emitting Carbon Dioxide
• Disease the dam brings
• All of the above

Do dams destroy ecosystems?

• Yes
• No

Eutrophication is caused by

• excess nutrients building up in the water.

• industrial point-source pollution.

• unlined landfills and septic tanks.

• wastewater from homes mixing with drinking water.

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How does eutrophication cause the death of aquatic organisms

• the build up of carbon dioxide in the water

• the lack of nitrogen in the water

• the lack of carbon dioxide in the water

• the lack of oxygen in the water

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A insect like a water strider can skate along the top of a pond because:

• covalent bonds result in water cohesion

• hydrogen bonds result in water cohesion (surface tension)

• low surface tension of water

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Water droplets take a spherical shape (as pictured) because of ____________

• adhesion
• cohesion
• capillary action
• solubility

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration