Water Resources Vocab Review

The edge of highland that surrounds a drainage basin is:

• A Meander

• The Watershed

• A Waterfall

• The Bank

Wastewater is water that contains waste from a (a)   or an industry.

(a)   is also known as runoff pollution

Which of the following is the introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water that degrade water quality and harm the organisms that depend on the water?

• Watershed

• Point-source pollution

• River System

• Water Pollution

Desalination is...

• the process of removing water from salt

• the process of removing salt from salt

  water

• the process of removing nitrogen from salt water

• the process of removing salt from freshwater

Describe the difference between a dam and a reservoir.

What are pathogens?

• organisms that cause some health issues

• organisms that create a path for water

• organisms that cause

  illness or disease.

• organisms that cause erosion

What is the definition of potable water?

(a)  

Which best describes a recharge zone?

• an area of Earth’s surface from which water percolates down

  into an aquifer

• the ability of rock or soil to allow water

  to flow through

• an underground formation that contains groundwater

• fresh water on Earth’s land surface

________ water is fresh water on Earth’s land surface.

• Fresh

• Salt

• Surface

• Dirty