Unit 5 Review

Often water must be treated to become _______, safe to drink

• pathogen

• potable

• clarified

• bonifide

The image here is how humans control rivers for the last few hundred years. This is

• diverting water thru canels

• create an aquaduct

• damming a river

• desalination plant

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Which of the following is a disadvantage of dams and reservoirs?

• man made lakes used for drinking water, recreation and industry

• hydroelectric power

• existing ecosystems changed, displacing species and humans

• flood control

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While expensive and inefficient now, the removal of salt from ocean water may help create more potable water in the future

• water transport

• towing icebergs

• desalination plants

• xeriscaping

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The largest single use of water for industrial purposes is for

• canning and food processing.

• cooling.

• power production.

• washing produce in food processing industries.

Water scarcity occurs when

• Renewable water supplies are slow to recover.

• Populations are evenly dispersed.

• Renewable water supplies are slow to diminish.

• The demand for water exceeds the available amount or when poor quality restricts its use.

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the continuous process by which water is circulated throughout the earth through various processes

• precipitation

• codensation

• water cycle

• evaporation

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water from precipitation that flows over Earth’s surface

• surface runoff

• groundwater

• accumulation

• subsurface runoff

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area where the zone of aeration and zone of saturation meet

• water cycle

• recharge zone

• water table

an area where surface water from streams, ponds, or lakes enters into an aquifer

• zone of saturation

• recharge zone

• zone of aeration