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Earth's Systems Quiz 3

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Most of Earth's water is found

a)

In the ocean

b)

Underground

c)

In frozen ice caps and glaciers

2.

Of all the water on Earth, what percentage is Fresh?

a)

About 97%

b)

About 3%

c)

About .4%

3.

The smallest source of fresh water on Earth is in

a)

The ocean

b)

Frozen ice caps and glaciers

c)

Surface Water

4.

Water

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

5.

Coal

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

6.

Air

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

7.

Animals

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

8.

Natural Gas

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

9.

Plants

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

10.

Materials that can not be replaced quickly enough to keep them from running out.

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

11.

Materials that are continually being replaced and can not run out.

a)

Renewable

b)

Nonrenewable

12.

What human activities impact land? Check all that apply,

a)

Farming

b)

Building

c)

Mining

13.

What effect does mining have on land? Check all correct answers.

a)

Erosion

b)

Space Pollution

c)

Land Pollution

d)

Water Pollution

e)

No pollution

14.

Air pollution can cause acid rain, which kills plants.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

What is deforestation?

a)

Water Pollution

b)

A brown haze caused when vehicles release chemicals in the air.

c)

Planting new trees.

d)

Removal of all trees in an area.

16.

What happens when fertilizers and detergents enter streams, rivers and lakes? Check all that apply.

a)

The number of algae increase

b)

The algae uses up all of the oxygen in the water

c)

Plants and animals get healthier

d)

Water animals are killed

17.

What causes smog?

a)

Removal of all trees in an area

b)

Erosion

c)

Cars, trucks and buses burn fuel and release chemicals into the air that react with sunlight.

d)

Godzilla breathes fire across the city.

18.

Millions of pieces of rockets, tools and old satellites left orbiting the Earth is called:

a)

Air pollution

b)

Space Junk

c)

Solar Trash

d)

Smog