Unit 5 Human Impact on Hydrosphere Test Review

The ___________________________ is all the water on our planet.

• Ice caps

• Groundwater

• Hydrosphere

• Surface water

Humans have access to approximately ______________ percent of freshwater.

• 71

• 1

• 30

• 97

The Earth's current water supply is sustainable.

• True

• False

Overdraft happens when water discharge is greater than ________________________.

• usage

• uptake

• dumping

• recharge

What country uses the most water per capita?

• China

• Mexico

• USA

• Canada

Humans impact water quality through two main ways, pollution and ________________________.

• trash

• sedimentation

• toxic waste

• contamination

When drilling occurs to tap into energy resources in shale deposits, it is called?

• fracking

• offshore drilling

• mining

• percussion drilling

The most common type of pollution runoff is caused by?

• acid rain

• storm drain dumping

• fertilizer from agricultural use

• waste management

In the North Pacific Ocean there is a lot of plastic waste floating together called?

• the cabbage patch

• marine debris

• mega-plastic patch

• the great garbage patch

If marine organisms are not in proper conditions they can become stressed and may ______________________.

• go into hibernation

• move to a new location

• reproduce

• die