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Worksheets2- Surface/ Ground water
Total questions: 39
Worksheet time: 28mins
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1.
The use of pesticides and fertilizers must be carefully monitored
because of the effect they can have on the environment.
Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use
of these chemicals on the environment?
because of the effect they can have on the environment.
Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use
of these chemicals on the environment?
a)
Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams.
b)
Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk.
c)
These chemicals are expensive to produce.
These chemicals are expensive to produce.
d)
Storage space for these chemicals is limited.
2.
What is a watershed?
a)
Land that collects and channels water froma small body of water to a larger body of water
b)
the shape of the land determined by elevation
c)
A natural stream of water of considerable volume
d)
a river and all its tributaries
3.
Why is gravity a factor in watersheds?
a)
it causes the water to flow away from a watershed
b)
it causes the water to flow down towards a watershed
4.
A ___________ is smaller stream or river that "feeds" a larger stream or river.
a)
rill
b)
gully
c)
watershed
d)
tributary
5.
A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.
a)
rill
b)
gully
c)
stream channel
d)
watershed
6.
Where is water most likely to become contaminated?
a)
forest
b)
near a cattle farm
c)
near a dam
d)
at the bottom of the ocean
7.
Where is used water treated and cleaned?
a)
A filter
b)
A power plant
c)
A water treatment plant
d)
A dam
8.
A lake that stores water for human use is called a ____________.
a)
dam
b)
oxbow lake
c)
reservoir
d)
crater lake
9.
The illustration provided shows a river and four cities on that river. When the water from the river was sampled at location X, it was determined to be polluted with various chemicals. What would be the most likely source for this pollution?
a)
City 1 and City 2
b)
City 2 and City 3
c)
City 3 and City 4
d)
City 1 and City 4
10.
What is a river?
a)
A large body of freshwater
b)
A saltwater inlet of the ocean
c)
A natural large stream of flowing freshwater
d)
An underground waterway
11.
What is a divide?
a)
a natural stream of water of considerable volume
b)
a continuous ridge that separates a watershed
c)
small rivers or streams that flow into a larger river or stream
d)
a body of fresh water found in low lying areas
12.
What is all the water that runs off the surface of the land and washes into rivers, streams, and other waterways called?
a)
Runoff
b)
Storm Drain
c)
Surface Water
d)
Tributary
13.
What do you call all the waters on the surface of the Earth, including rivers, streams, wetlands, lakes, and oceans?
a)
Surface Water
b)
Watershed
c)
Leaching
d)
Estuary
14.
A paper company wants to build a paper mill in the watershed where a village exists. In order to minimize potential pollution to the village, which of the following
locations is the best to build the mill?
locations is the best to build the mill?
a)
Nearest to the main street of the village
b)
Closest to a freshwater stream or river
c)
Downstream from the village
d)
At the highest point in the watershed
15.
What is the top of the water-filled spaces in the ground called?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Reservoir
c)
Water Table
d)
Well
16.
What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?
a)
runoff
b)
discharge
c)
recharge
d)
tributary
17.
The top of the groundwater’s zone of saturation - E
a)
Zone of Aeration
b)
Aquifer
c)
Surface water
d)
Water table
18.
In what area would you most likely find a divide?
a)
a valley
b)
a plain
c)
a mountain
d)
a hill
19.
The Ohio and Missouri River are both ________ of the Mississippi River.
a)
tributaries
b)
watersheds
c)
divides
d)
water systems
20.
The following image shows an example of a
a)
Headwater
b)
Tributary
c)
Oxbow Lake
d)
None of the above
21.
What is the largest watershed in the US?
a)
Colorado River Watershed
b)
Columbia River Watershed
c)
Mississippi River Watershed
d)
Missouri River Watershed
22.
What watershed do you live in?
a)
Grand River Watershed
b)
Great Lakes Watershed
c)
Grand Haven Watershed
d)
Grand Rapids Watershe
23.
Humans affect watersheds and wetlands by :
a)
polluting
b)
destroying
c)
overbuilding
d)
all of the above
24.
Soil and rock act as giant sponges because they are full of tiny pores and cracks that hold underground water. These small pores allow the water to infiltrate and collect underground. Rain and snowmelt that infiltrates the ground is called
a)
backflow
b)
groundwater
c)
spongate
d)
infiltrate
25.
What is happening in the picture?
a)
a heavily pumped well is pulling the sewage towards it
b)
Sewage is being pumped uphill
26.
Porosity is the space between particles of soil. This is different from permeability which is the ability of water to flow through the soil. What kind of soil will retain, or hold, water most tightly?
a)
sandy soils
b)
clay soils
27.
What could happen to the water table if all the wells start pumping at once?
a)
the water table may fall
b)
the water table may rise
c)
the boat will sink
d)
the wells will overflow
28.
What concept does this picture illustrate?
a)
convection currents
b)
permeability
c)
presence of igneous rock in the Piedmont
d)
formation of sandstone in the Coastal Plain
29.
How does water get into the ground?
a)
evaporation
b)
infiltration
c)
precipitation
d)
condensation
30.
Water can move through soil because of the soil's _______________.
a)
permeability
b)
not well-sorted materials
c)
impermeability
d)
porosity that is low
31.
Where is most fresh water found on Earth?
a)
oceans
b)
atmosphere
c)
glaciers, polar ice caps
d)
lakes and rivers
32.
Water from precipitation that flows into a stream, which then flows into a lake, river or ocean is what?
a)
groundwater
b)
surface water
c)
aquifer
d)
subsidence
33.
An area of land where surface water and groundwater drains into a particular body of water, separated from each other by drainage divides-
a)
water table
b)
porosity
c)
watershed
d)
aquifer
34.
How wells dry out?
a)
ground water is removed slowly than it replaced
b)
ground water get trapped in an aquifer
c)
ground water is removed more quickly than it is replaced
d)
ground water becomes contaminated with pollutants
35.
Which statement is true about ground water?
a)
IT creates pores between rock and sediment
b)
It eventually return to the surface
c)
It flows quickly uphill in porous soil
d)
It remains underground very briefly
36.
What materials that do not allow water to pass through easily are called
a)
saturated
b)
unsaturated
c)
permeable
d)
impermeable
37.
96.5% of all water can be found...
a)
in oceans
b)
in glaciers
c)
in the ground
d)
in the atmosphere
38.
Which of these processes in the water cycle can happen as water is hitting the ground?
a)
sublimation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
infiltration
39.
Which of the following is NOT true about wells?
a)
The bottom of a well must be in an aquifer for it to produce water.
b)
Once a well produces water it will continue to produce water forever.
c)
An artisan well comes from an aquifer that is between two layers of impermeable rock.
d)
Windmills can be used to pump water up a well for use.
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