Es Water Resources and Use

Most of the water in the Colorado River comes from which of the following sources?

• Great Salt Lake

• Snow melt in the Rocky Mountains

• Glaciers in Canada

• aquifers in Wyoming

• Lakes in Montana

At a certain depth, the area where the spaces in soil and rock are completely filled with water. What is this called?

• the zone of saturation

• an aquifer

• the bedrock

• the water table

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

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

• the zone of saturation

• the water table

• an aquifer

• surface water

• the bedrock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

What is the land from which surface water drains into a particular lake, river, or other body of water?

• the zone of saturation

• watershed

• an aquifer

• surface water

• the bedrock

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Indirectly used water, that is, water consumed to produce food and other products, is called ____.

• surface runoff

• virtual water

• non-renewal aquifers

• water table

• groundwater

There are four major problems associated with the use of the Colorado River's water. Which one of the following is not one of those problems?

• Mexico and the U.S. have agreed to take more water than is in the river

• The river does not have much of a flow considering its size.

• The river gets most of its water from mountain snow melt.

• Water seldom makes it to the mouth of the river.

• The Colorado River basin includes some of the driest areas in the U.S.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

Water in the spaces between soil, rock, and gravel is called what ____.

• groundwater

• capillary fringe water

• perched water table

• soil moisture

• soil aquifer

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Precipitation that does not infiltrate the ground or evaporate is called ____.

• perspiration

• condensation

• transpiration

• run off

• run in

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Access to water is an issue for all of humanity. Which issue is not one of the four that the author has cited with regard to this access?

• scientific issue

• global health issue

• economic issue

• national and global security issue

• environmental issue

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by water?

• 86%

• 71%

• 67%

• 58%

• 52%

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