Hydrosphere Part 2 Grade Recovery

Study the graph below.  Where is most of the Earth's water located?

• Rivers and Lakes
• Glaciers and Icecaps
• oceans
• groundwater

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Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth not available for our use?

• All freshwater on Earth is easily accessible for use.
• It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.
• It is surface water.
• It is underground.

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The ability of a material to transmit water through interconnected pores is called

• capacity
• competence
• permeability
• porosity

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Which is most likely an example of point source pollution?

• fertilizer sprayed onto a field
• water runoff from a city street 
• a pipe flowing into a river

A new golf course is built next to a river. Over the past several months,
the nitrate levels of the water in the river have been increasing. Which
best explains the cause of the increasing nitrate levels?

• increased growth of algae
• decreased biodiversity
• runoff from fertilizer

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Which of the following is not a permeable surface?

• soil
• sand
• pavement
• moss

Which human activity can speed up the process of eutrophication?

• Building cities
• Nuclear power plants
• Deforestation
• Farming

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Eutrophication 

• The environment around an ocean becomes contaminated 
• When an animal has a high level of pollution inside it
• When the ocean is polluted 
• The enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients

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Water with high turbidity

• is cloudy and hard to see through

• is extremely clear

The total amount of water on Earth

• is becoming greater
• stays about the same
• is becoming less
• depends on the weather

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