AP Environmental Science Chapter 5

Which of the following can be described as a market-based system intended to help control access to fisheries?

• Cap and trade
• total allowable catch system
• co-management systems
• individual transfer rights system

The geological layer, consisting of underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock, where groundwater flows, is called

• The zone of saturation
• Recharge point
• Aquifer
• bedrock

All of the land that drains into a particular body of water is called a(n):

• watershed
• bedrock
• island
• aquifer

Reverse osmosis is a process in which:

• Cells release water into the surrounding fluids.
• salt water is forced through a membrane to remove particulates. 
• solid wastes are removed from septic systems.
• storm water runoff is diverted into natural water sources.

The Mississippi River carries agricultural runoff to the Gulf of Mexico.  What phenomenon results?

• a dead zone
• regular flooding of the Mississippi delta
• return of mining refuse water
• Gold tides

What percentage of expensive bottled water is actually bottled tap water?

• 10%
• 30%
• 40%
• 56.72468%

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary sources of groundwater contamination?

• Industry
• Agriculture
• Mining
• Lawn fertilizers

Which of the following could be described as "non-point source" pollution?

• A farmer dumps her waste into a stream that runs through her property.
• A mining impoundment pond overflows.
• Over 100,000 acres of continuos farmland has water with excess levels of nitrates.
• Waste water from a nuclear plant spills into a nearby waterway.

The Great Lakes are threatened.  Which of the following is a success story from the 2007 State of the Great Lakes Report?

• Native carnivorous fish numbers are increasing.
• Wetlands are being restored.
• Native species at the base of the food chain are increasing in size.
• Dissolved oxygen levels have improved.

Streams and Rivers can cleanse themselves, why can't groundwater?

• It moves too quickly.
• It doesn't move quickly enough.
• It is too close to the surface to be adequately purified.
• It is too deep in the ground to be adequately purified.