Water Unit Test Practice 2

An aquifer must contain a permeable layer of rock, sand, or soil. Which is true about a  permeable rock layer?

• It contains little pore space.

• There are pores, but they aren’t connected.

• There are pores, and they are connected.

• The water cannot move freely.

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The type of pollution where the temperatures levels rise causing a decrease in dissolved oxygen is called_________ pollution.

• Agricultural

• Chemical

• Surface

• Thermal

When pollutants are introduced into the environment over a large area, it is called________?

• Point Source Pollution

• Non Point Source Pollution

When the pollutants come from a single location such as dumping chemicals into a river, it is called _____?

• Point Source Pollution

• Non Point Source Pollution

Which of the following is NOT a natural cause of water pollution?

• Volcanoes

• Algae Blooms

• Animal Waste

• Oil Spills

• Soil in the river from a storm

Which type of water is more susceptible to pollution?

• Groundwater

• Surface Water

• Ocean Water

• Frozen Water

• Water Vapor

What can happen to fish when there isn't enough oxygen in the water?

• They can suffocate

• They can no longer float in the water

• They can't see

• They grow really big

• Nothing, fish don't need oxygen

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True or False: Many people on Earth do not have access to clean water.

• True

• False

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97% of the world’s water resources are found in ________.

• Fresh Water

• Air

• Ocean

• Icecaps and Glaciers

• Groundwater

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Pumping large amount of water from an aquifer may cause the

• water table to rise

• wells to run dry

• infiltration of the groundwater to increase

• porosity to decrease.

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