Water as a Resource

Which are the top 3 uses of water in the US?

• livestock, mining, industrial

• domestic, aquaculture, irrigation

• irrigation, thermoelectric power, public supply

What percent of the Earth's surface is water-covered?

• 96.5%

• 75%

• 70%

• 30%

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are lands where saturation with water is the dominant factor determining the nature of soil development and the types of plant and animal communities living in the soil and on its surface?

• lakes

• aquifers

• wetlands

• watershed

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is an area of land that drains rain water or snow into one location such as a stream, lake or wetland?

• aquifers

• watershed

• lakes

• wetlands

Which is NOT a type of wetland?

• forests

• swamps

• marshes

• bogs

What is water that is not suitable to drink, swim in, or to consumer that fish that was caught there?

• saline water

• impaired water

• fresh water

Which is NOT a use of surface water?

• public supply (drinking and other everyday uses)

• thermoelectric power

• irrigation

• plumbing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What are the leading causes of pollution in our waterways?

• sediments, bacteria, excess nutrients

• fuel spillages, deforestation

• global warming, climate change

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

35000 ppm is the concentration of salt in the ocean

• True

• False

What makes the ocean salty?

• acid rain

• volcanic vents

• river and surface runoff

• decomposition in ocean