QUIZ ON AIR & WATER POLLUTION

Water that flows across the land and enters rivers and streams. It eventually flows into lakes and the ocean.

• infiltration

• Surface Runoff

• Deposition

• Precipitation

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Water soaking into the ground after precipitation occurs.

• condensation

• evaporation

• infilitration

• accumulation

Formation of clouds.

• evaporation

• condensation

• sublimation

• deposition

What step of the hydrologic cycle is responsible for transporting pollution from farms into nearby streams, rivers and eventually to lakes?

• run-off

• infiltration

• evaporation

• condensation

Where is most of the fresh water on earth found?

• Under ground

• Glaciers and Ice Caps

• Rivers

• Lakes

The water that fills lakes and rivers

• groundwater
• surface water
• water table
• saturated zone

An area of land that drains to a particular river, lake, bay, or other body of water.

• Tributary

• Wetland

• Divide

• Watershed

Which of these is a MAJOR cause of acid rain?

• spraying pesticides on crops
• burning fossil fuels for energy
• dumping sewage in river systems
• using uranium to generate electricity

Which step of the water cycle is responsible for recharging the aquifers?

• run-off

• infiltration

• condensation

• evaporation