Day 10 - Hydrosphere Review - EOG Review

What percent of the water is located in oceans?

• 97%

• 3%

• 96%

• 1%

Just as all the water in a bathtub flows toward the drain, all the water in a river system drains into a main river. The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a _______.

• divide

• watershed

• drainage canal

• river

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Why is water from an aquifer more likely to be cleaner than water from other sources?

• because it forms where fresh and salt water meet

• because it receives water directly from precipitation

• because it rises to the surface near the ocean

• because pollutants are filtered by rock and soil deep within Earth

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Surface tension (in water) is made possible by

• physical bonds between water molecules

• hydrogen bonds between water molecules

• high specific heat

• adhesion

Most of the fresh water on Earth is located in

• ice

• rivers

• the air

• oceans

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Water that soaks into the ground is referred to as

• condensation

• runoff

• groundwater

• precipitation

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Which statement best describes how estuaries are positive environment for animals and plants

• They flood regularly destroying organisms' habitat

• They provide a safe hatchery full of nutrients and food

• They dry up each summer stranding organisms in shallow water

• hold high numbers of predators to feed off young organisms

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Which statement best describes why an algae bloom forms? 

• Decreased amounts of fish eating on the algae
• Decreas of pollution allow algae absorb gases and grow fast
• High amount of light stimulate photosynthesis to occur
• High amounts of fertilizer from farms/ fast growth of algae
  

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Which organism would be considered the best bio-indicator?

• Hawk that eats fish from the lake
• Lake fish that can live in a wide range of pH levels
• Crab lives in warm, shallow lake waters and sleeps in winter
• Bacteria in lake that can tolerate only small changes in pH
  

Which will result if there is increased upwelling in a coastal area?

• more aquatic life
• less nutrients in the water
• higher water temperatures
• fewer nitrates

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