WorksheetsLiving Together LS1 Vocabulary
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
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)
the land area where water drains into a particular stream, river, or lake
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.
What is Point Source Pollution (PSP) ?
a)
When you cannot trace the direct source of pollution
b)
When you can trace the point of the source - "pipe to source"
5.
A industrial powerplant dumps its heated wastewater straight from a pipe into a stream. This is an example of -
a)
eutrophic pollution
over-treated drinking water.
over-treated drinking water.
b)
riparian pollution
flooding in the local aquifer.
flooding in the local aquifer.
c)
point source pollution.
d)
nonpointsource pollution.
6.
Pollutants from a leaking pipe enter a stream or creek and travel to a river. River water tested with the pollutant found is called
a)
point source pollution
Available space for crops
Available space for crops
b)
nonpoint source pollution.
c)
eutrophic pollution
d)
riparian pollution
7.
The health of an ecosystem is directly related to the:
a)
Air quality
b)
Amount of animals in the area
c)
Water quality
d)
Amount of food in the area
8.
Pollutants from a highway enter a stream or creek and travel to a river. River water tested with the pollutant found is called
a)
point source pollution
Available space for crops
Available space for crops
b)
nonpoint source pollution.
c)
eutrophic pollution
d)
riparian pollution
9.
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
10.
What is the soil, silt, and other material that is suspended in water and eventually settles out on the bottom of a river, lake, or other body of water?
a)
Sediment
b)
Fertilizer
c)
Pesticide
d)
Watershed
11.
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
12.
An ecosystem has :
a)
living things
b)
living and nonliving things
c)
nonliving things
d)
nothing
13.
Which of the following is an example of how humans can reduce the rate of natural erosion?
a)
plow cropland
b)
clear land of trees to build
c)
plant trees
d)
logging
14.
What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Runoff
c)
Precipitation
d)
Snow
15.
What is erosion?
a)
When Earth's materials are loosened and removed
b)
When water gets contaminated
c)
When plants grow next to a river
d)
When rocks are broken apart by water
16.
We all live in a watershed.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
Water flows uphill.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Rain washing away soil from a hillside is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Runoff
19.
Waves dropping sand on the beach is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Runoff
20.
Ponds filling up with sediment is an example of
a)
Weathering
b)
Erosion
c)
Deposition
d)
Runoff
21.
What is the major cause of erosion and deposition?
a)
wind
b)
ice
c)
glaciers
d)
moving water
22.
The laying down, or settling, of material by moving water is called ___________________.
a)
erosion
b)
deposition
c)
runoff
d)
groundwater
23.
Water that stands or flows across the Earth’s surface.
a)
Groundwater
b)
Surface water
c)
Runoff
d)
Divide
24.
The area that is drained by a river and all the streams that empty into it
a)
Water table
b)
Divide
c)
Watershed
d)
Delta
25.
Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:
a)
Groundwater
b)
Bogs
c)
Water in the ground
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