Hydrosphere and Human Impact

What do we use water for the most? 

• mining
• agriculture
• drinking water
• transportation

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NGSS.HS-ESS3-1

The ability of a material to transmit water through interconnected pores is called

• capacity
• competence
• permeability
• porosity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which is most likely an example of point source pollution?

• fertilizer sprayed onto a field
• water runoff from a city street 
• a pipe flowing into a river

A new golf course is built next to a river. Over the past several months, the nitrate levels of the water in the river have been increasing. Which best explains the cause of the increasing nitrate levels?

• increased growth of algae
• decreased biodiversity
• runoff from fertilizer

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

An area of land that drains into a body of water.

• mouth
• point-source pollution
• watershed
• headwaters

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NGSS.HS-ESS2-5

How much of the earth's water is freshwater?

• 50 %
• 3 %
• 97 %
• 93 %

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Aquifers store ____ water.

• ground
• lake 
• ocean
• glacier

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth not available for our use?

• All freshwater on Earth is easily accessible for use.
• It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.
• It is surface water.
• It is underground.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Two types of water currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What does this image show?

• Oxbow Lake
• Headwaters
• Runoff
• Delta

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4