Water rev for test #1

What percentage of water on earth is fresh water?

• 97.2

• 2.5

• 71

• .82

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How much salt is in fresh water?

• 1%

• 10%

• 25%

• .1%

 

Which of these is responsible for enforcing the clean water act and the safe drinking water act?

• The local sheriff

• EPA

• Dept. of Interior

• None of these is true

Which dam is found on the border between Arizona and Nevada

• Hoover

• Derby

• Three Gorges

• Grand Coulee

Which group is affected by the negotiated settlement that regulates the flow of the Truckee river?

• The Pyramid Lake Paiute Native American Tribe

• The farmers that live in the Lahontan Valley

• Reno and Sparks residents

• all of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-5

Which of these is a river used by 7 states and currently one of the most over used sources of surface water?      

• Colorado

• Mississippi

• Truckee

• American

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What is all the land area that contributes water to a particular river or stream?

• infiltration zone

• watershed

• percolation zone

• Aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Any rock or soil layer that holds enough water and transmits it rapidly enough to be useful can be called

• impermeable rock

• sub stream

• aquifer

• water table

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What type of aquifer is more likely to be connected to surface water such as a lake or pond

• confined

• unconfined

• infiltrating

• artesian

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

look at the picture. This is the

• rock cycle

• percolation cycle

• hydrologic cycle

• measure of humidity

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4