Freshwater Review

Around ___ of Earth's water is Freshwater.

• 97%

• 25%

• 3%

• 33%

What is the amount of time a molecule stays in a reservoir?

• cycle time

• wait time

• reservoir time

• residence time

Which of the following processes is not a part of the hydrologic cycle?

• crustation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• condensation

The largest amount of freshwater is contained in....

• the atmosphere

• groundwater and soil mosture

• icecaps and glaciers

• rivers and streams

The great lakes...

• contain 90% of the world's fresh surface water

• are so cold, they contain little life

• formed when tectonic faults moved large slabs of rock downward

• are so large, some have tides

The study of freshwater bodies and the ecosystems there is called..

• oceanology

• limnology

• hydrology

• lakology

Lakes...

• are all features that last for thousands of years

• can be seasonal, or can disappear over time

• are a permanent feature of a landscape

• none of these choices

The portion of a lake with plants growing from the sediments at the bottom of the lake is the...

• open-water (photic) zone

• deep-water (aphotic) zone

• littoral zone

• none of these choices

Groundwater is...

• a non-renewable resource that is used like a renewable

• a renewable resource that is always used in a renewable way

• a non-renewable resource that is used in a non-renewable way

• a renewable resource that can easily be used in a non-renewable way

Overpumping groundwater can result in...

• land being uplifted

• salt water incursions

• an increase in the flow of nearby streams

• all of these choices