Human Impact on Water

Most of Earth's fresh water is what?

• in the oceans

• frozen in glaciers and polar ice caps

• in the rivers and streams

• in the ground as groundwater

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

A(n) ___________________ is an underground formation that contains water.

• dam

• aquifer

• lake

• zone of aeration

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

____________ _____________ is the measure of how clean or polluted the water is.

• water quality

• water supply

• water amount

• water bucket

The ________________ _______________ is the availability of water in an area.

• water quality

• water bucket

• water supply

• water turbidity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

___________________ pollution occurs when chemicals are added to the water supply.

• Current

• Thermal

• Biological

• Chemical

___________________ pollution occurs when live or dead organisms are added to the water supply.

• Chemical

• Biological

• Thermal

• Air

Acid rain would be a form of what kind of pollution?

• Accumulation

• Thermal

• Biological

• Chemical

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS1-2

Animal feces infiltrating the water supply would be an example of what type of pollution?

• Biological

• Chemical

• Thermal

• Air

What happens to the water supply when a city's population grows?

• the demand stays the same

• the demand decreases

• the demand increases

• nothing happens

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A _____________________ is a body of water located behind a dam that stores water.

• groundwater

• water tower

• reservoir

• well