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WorksheetsEnv Sci, Ch 11, Water, Sec 1 and 2 Quiz
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 28mins
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Class
Date
1.
Throughout the world, the majority of water is used for
a)
irrigation
b)
industrial uses
c)
humans and animals
d)
cooling towers of power plants
2.
Withdrawing too much water from an aquifer can cause all of the following except
a)
freshwater contaminated with saltwater
b)
land subsidence
c)
sinkholes
d)
drought
3.
The term subsidence refers to
a)
failure of the groundwater supply
b)
accumulation of silt behind a dam
c)
sinking of ground when water has been withdrawn
d)
intrusion of salt water into a freshwater aquifer
4.
One method of desalination uses high pressure to force saltwater through a membrane filter. This method is called
a)
diffusion
b)
distillation
c)
reverse osmosis
d)
active transport
5.
What percentage of the earth's surface is covered by water?
a)
50%
b)
71%
c)
75%
d)
97%
6.
At a certain depth, the area where the spaces in soil and rock are completely filled with water. What is this called?
a)
The Zone of Saturation
b)
The Water Table
c)
Aquifer
d)
Surface Water
7.
Water in the spaces between soil, rock, and gravel is called what ____.
a)
groundwater
b)
soil aquifer
c)
perched water
d)
soil moisture
8.
Desalination produces large amounts of wastewater that contains lots of ____________________, which cannot be dumped into nearby oceans.
a)
waste
b)
dissolved oxygen
c)
salt
d)
carbon dioxide
9.
The _________ is the continuous movement of water between Earth and its atmosphere
a)
rain cycle
b)
cloud cycles
c)
water cycle
d)
vapor cycle
10.
An effective approach to preventing future shortages of usable water should focus on
a)
emphasizing the additive effect of individual conservation
b)
developing and refining new ways to produce fresh water
c)
reducing pollution of water sources by education/enforcement
d)
All of the above
11.
The largest watershed in the United States is the
a)
Mississippi River.
b)
Colorado River.
c)
Yukon River.
d)
Rio Grande.
12.
An area of land through which water percolates to be stored as groundwater is known as a(n)
a)
percolation zone
b)
top soil zone
c)
recharge zone
d)
groundwater zone
13.
Disease-causing bacteria and viruses that can contaminate a water supply are known as
a)
disease carriers
b)
germs
c)
pathogens
d)
microbes
14.
How is fresh water used in industry?
a)
in manufacturing processes
b)
to generate power
c)
in the disposal of waste products
d)
All of the above
15.
Which of the following is one way a person could conserve water?
a)
take a long bath instead of a shower
b)
use a low-flow showerhead and take short showers
c)
wash laundry in small, partial loads
d)
water your lawn daily and at mid-day
16.
Most of Earth’s fresh water is
a)
suspended in atmospheric cloud formations.
b)
ice at the North and South Poles
c)
held in reservoirs behind large dams.
d)
stored in large underground rock structures.
17.
What is an inexpensive solution to providing everyone with more fresh water to use?
a)
desalination
b)
water conservation
c)
drilling more wells into aquifers
d)
building more dams
18.
Most large cities get water for households and industries from
a)
deep wells
b)
pumps connected to springs
c)
rivers and lakes
d)
removing salts from sea water
19.
On the top of the zone of saturation is
a)
water table
b)
zone of aeration
c)
lava
d)
all of the above
20.
A well or spring results from which water gushes without being pumped.
a)
artist
b)
artesian
c)
Articulation
d)
resevoir
21.
The process of changing a liquid into vapor
a)
transpiration
b)
evaporation
c)
excavation
d)
condensation
22.
What is the second largest reservoir of fresh water?
a)
Fiji
b)
Groundwater
c)
The dead sea
d)
Voss
23.
What is the largest reservoir of fresh water
a)
Fiji
b)
Glaciers
c)
The Eau Plaine River
d)
Rain clouds
24.
The lower soil layers where all spaces are filled with water make up the
a)
filtration zone
b)
zone of saturation
c)
Zone of aeration
d)
zone of alteration
25.
Wetlands are beneficial to a water conservation program because:
a)
they remove excess nutrients
b)
break down pollutants
c)
clean up agricultural runoff
d)
All of the Above
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