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WorksheetsUnit 5 Quiz: Water
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
The movement of water from solid, to liquid to gas throughout the biosphere is called the ___________.
transpiration
nitrogen cycle
water cycle
precipitation
Alternating Inter-planting of agricultural crops with natural wetlands has made both the growing of crops and the conservation of wetlands profitable for both. This is an example of ____________________.
Selective agriculture
Walking wetlands
Directional water cycling
Conservation geology
Water that evaporates into the atmosphere will precipitate into the oceans. This water will be trapped here for an estimated 3000 years. This process is called ______________.
Residence time
Water sequestration
Water origination
Ice flow patterning
This picture represents what process?
Global heat dissipation
Global glacial formation
Global current Belt
Global upwelling
Transpiration is a process in plants in which...
Plants absorb water from the atmosphere and transport it to the roots.
Plants take water from the soil and transport it to the leaf for elimination.
Plants absorb water from the atmosphere to combine with carbon dioxide to make sugar.
Plants take water from the roots and sequester it in cell vacuoles for emergencies.
The main components of this groundwater region are soil and rocks. Their pores are, at times, partly filled with water and air.
Infiltration zone
Recharge zone
Saturation zone
Aeration zone
When man's activities alter any compartment of the water cycle with enough regularity, the compartment is designated to be in a period of ____________________.
Water cycle management
Sublimation
Water stress
Natural sea water flow
Residential areas of the Datun coal mining district in East China recorded that the maximum level of subsidence in the area from 1976 to 2006 was 863 mm and the area with an accumulative subsidence in the entire region of more than 200 mm by the end of 2006. What was happening in this region?
Areas of trees with their roots were falling into the rivers created by mining activities.
Agricultural productions were enhanced by the accumulation of excess soil from the mining activities.
Volcanic activity was restarted by the actions of the mining companies.
Areas of soil and ground were collapsing into aquifers in Datun and throughout the region.
Groundwater can be replenished by various runoffs from surface sources. The path to the groundwater sources from the runoff is called the _______________________.
Recharge zone
Zone of infiltration
Aeration zone
Water table zone
in 1966, the water in the Beaumont, TX Utility district was contaminated with saltwater and was undrinkable for days. The problem was that the water table in the aquifer had been drained so much that saltwater from the ocean was sucked inside. This event is an example of ______________________.
Saltwater subsidence
Saltwater outflow
Saltwater intrusion
Invasion by seawater clams
___________________ is the tendency for particles in suspension to settle out of the fluid in which they are mixed and come to rest against a barrier.
Sedimentation
Mudskipping
Agricultural overproduction
Solution formation
Water consumption is the use of water resources for the purpose of...
establishing a farm-based system for self production.
using water for personal grooming, cooking, or other household events.
Using water for business purposes.
using water to supplement a tax base for horse business at a track.
The collective transference of water from a gaseous or solid state to a liquid state in the atmosphere is called ___________.
Condensation
Sublimation
Precipitation
Evaporation
Water from the ocean would be an excellent source of drinking water if we could only have a great __________________ process to clean it.
Precipitation
Sand filter
Desalination
Charcoal filtering process
Areas of the Serengeti Plains in central Africa are dry grasslands that see little rainfall comparatively throughout the year. However, their biology would be incomplete without ____________ ____________ to reconstitute the life that occurs there.
Seasonal floods
Seasonal fires
Seasonal earthquakes
Seasonal poetry reading!!
