Water Resources & Usage

What percentage of water on Earth is SALT WATER?

• 97.5%
• 2.5%

What is the driving force of the water cycle?

• evaporation from the ocean
• heat from the sun
• precipitation from rainfall
• runoff from mountains

Which of the following is an underground layer of gravel, earth or porous rock which contains water?

• Aquifer

• watershed

• Artesian Well

• Water Table

When a contaminant cannot be traced to a specific point of discharge it results in which of the following?

• Point Source Pollution
• Non-point Source Pollution
• Discharge Based Pollution
• Hidden Pollution

Less than 3% of the water on earth is

• salt water

• freshwater

• ice

• polluted

Most of the world's freshwater is found here?

• ocean

• lakes

• rivers

• glaciers

What is the land from which surface water drains into a particular lake, river, or other body of water?

• the zone of saturation

• watershed

• an aquifer

• surface water

• the bedrock

Precipitation that does not infiltrate the ground or evaporate is called ____.

• perspiration

• condensation

• transpiration

• run off

• run in

What is the uppermost level at which the water is a given area fully saturates the rock or soil?

• Aquifers
• Springs
• Water Table
• Groundwater Recharge

What happens when adjacent saltwater infiltrates a freshwater resource due to rapid pumping?

• Cone of despression
• Saltwater intrusion
• Oligotrophic lake transformation
• Impermeable surfaces