Ch. 9, 10, 11, & 12 Water Review

Wetlands have very little diversity.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

The Ogallala aquifer is a large deposit of groundwater found beneath Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa.

• True

• False

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The land on each side of a stream that supports water loving plants is called a ....

• riparian zone

• flood zone

• tidal zone

• abyssal zone

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What is a stream with no tributaries called?

• 1st order

• 2nd order

• 3rd order

• 4th order

What is it called when land settles because the groundwater is being pumped out too fast?

• renewal

• subsidized

• subsidence

• sanitized

Water pollution occurs when any substance lessens the value of it to humans or wildlife?

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

A pipe draining into a stream is an example of a non-point source pollution.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

The area of the soil completely filled with water is called what?

• zone of aeration

• zone of saturation

• zone of physiological stress

• zone of intolerance

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What do we call small areas of land that rise above sea level along our coastlines?

• barrier islands

• mangrove swamps

• Rocky cliffs

• fen

The shallow margin of the lake with rooted vegetation.

• littoral

• limnetic

• profundal

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4