Chapter 7 Practice Test

1. Where can the water table be found?

• at the top of the saturated zone
• between layers of impermeable rock
• in the unsaturated zone
• below layers of clay soil

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2. Any body of water above ground like lakes or rivers is called what?

• Groundwater
• Surfacewater
• Plain water
• A trench

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3. Both surface and ground water participate in the what?

• a school dance
• aquifer
• the water cycle
• groundwater

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4. Water that seeps deep into the ground is called what?

• surfacewater
• groundwater
• aquifer
• water table

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5. Which of the following is a natural underground basin for storing groundwater? (like a well)

• aquifer
• sedimentary basin
• artisan basin

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6. Which of the following is a true statement?

• groundwater is water in a lake
• drilling wells is how groundwater is extracted
• The contaminants in groundwater are very easy to clean up.
• New Orleans is only two hundred feet above sea level.

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7. Eutrophication is caused by

• excess nutrients building up in the water.
• unlined landfills and septic tanks
• industrial point-source pollution.
• wastewater from homes mixing with drinking water.

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8. How does eutrophication cause the death of aquatic organisms

• the build up of carbon dioxide in the water
• the lack of carbon dioxide in the water
• the lack of nitrogen in the water
• the lack of oxygen in the water

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9. The long term effects of a hypoxic/dead zone includes all of the following EXCEPT

• Fisherman may struggle to catch any fish.
• The health of the fish population declines.
• The crops of farmers stop growing.
• There is an increase in the population of decomposers such as bacteria.

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10. When algae levels increase in a body of water, it

• cuts off light to plants at the bottom.
• increases light to the plants on the bottom.
• causes bacteria populations decrease.

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