Environmental Science Final 2024

How did the zebra mussels end up in the Great Lakes?

• In ballast tanks of ships
• They were intentionally released
• They have always been in the Great Lakes
• That's not a zebra mussel

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-5

What kind of organisms can become invasive? 

• Only microorganisms

• Plants, Animals, or Pathogens 
• Animals
• Plants

If a blue catfish is introduced and eats the large fish who eat the smaller fish, what will happen to the population of the smaller fish?

• Increase
• Decrease
• Stay the same
• No affect on smaller fish

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-2

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Which of the following is a key characteristic of most invasive species?

• Ability to breathe in the air & in the water
• Large, sharp teeth
• Produces many offspring

• Is a top predator

Invasive species have a negative impact on...

• the ecosystem
• the economy
• Both the ecosystem and the economy
• None of these

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NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

Globally , the largest user of freshwater is-

• residential

• industry

• agriculture

Supplies of potable freshwater are in short supply in many parts of the world because-

(POTABLE=SAFE TO DRINK)

• of pollution of lakes and rivers due to sewage.

• irrigation uses all of the freshwater is many areas.

• salt water intrusion.

• None of these are correct.

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EN.ESS3.2

EN.ESS3.2

Process used in water treatment process where water is pushed through screens, sand, gravel and coal to remove organisms and trash.

• filtration

• chlorination

• coagulation

• bioreactors

Match the following

• runoff

• water that soaks into and collects under the ground

• groundwater

• streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, oceans

• fertilizers and pesticides

• water traveling over the land surface before reaching a stream

• surface water

• common farming pollutants

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An area of land where the surface water and ground water drain into a particular body of water.

• aquifer
• watershed
• subsidence
• divide