Water as a Resource

From greatest to least, rank the primary uses of fresh water around the world.

• personal, industry, agriculture
• industry, agriculture, personal
• agriculture, industry, personal
• industry, personal, agriculture

Groundwater is primarily used for

• industrial uses.
• irrigation.
• personal uses.
• drinking water.

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Which of the following was not part of the Clean Water Act?

• set standards for pollution levels
• funded construction of sewage treatment plants
• limited the release of point-source pollution
• regulated the amount of fertilizers and pesticides that are contained in runoff

As a natural resource, freshwater is

• renewable.
• nonrenewable.
• unlimited.
• unusable.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

All of the land area that supplies water to a particular river system is included in a(n)

• aquifer.
• water table.
• watershed.
• recharge zone.

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which of the following is an example of nonpoint-source pollution?

• a boat leaking motor oil
• a pipe releasing hot water
• rain washing salt off the roads
• a container leaking chemicals

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

Harmful algal blooms are a result of what type of pollution?

• oil
• nutrient
• mercury
• groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

What are aquifers?

• hold potable water above ground.

• water found in Earth's streams, rivers and lakes

• reservoirs of water maintained by dams

• underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that contains safe, clean fresh water

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

the rapid growth of algae in an area that can cover the surface of the water and block sunlight from reaching plants below

• algal bloom

• cultural eutrophication

• point-source pollution

• red tide

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NGSS.MS-LS2-4

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

Which of these is not a solution for fixing freshwater depletion?

• eutrophication

• drip-irrigation

• desalinization

• xeriscaping

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2