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Lake Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 1hrs 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is this a picture of? (Select all that apply)

a)

Fluvial Lake

b)

Glacial Lake

c)

Oxbow Lake

d)

Kettle Lake

2.

True or False:

Oligotrophic lakes have high nutrient levels and a variety of aquatic life.

a)

True

b)

False

3.

True or False:

A water table is a rock layer that can yield significant amounts of water.

a)

True

b)

False

4.

Which image has greater porosity?

a)

Left

b)

Right

c)

Neither

d)

Both

5.

Explain 2 (TWO) ways lakes can be formed.

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6.

How are kettle lakes formed?

a)

By landslides

b)

By glaciers

c)

By volcanoes

7.

Lakes have majority of their solar heat where?

a)

Thermocline layer

b)

Surface layer

c)

Deep layer

8.

What is the difference between anthropogenic lakes and organic lakes?

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9.

Explain how a solution lake is formed (in complete sentences).

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10.

Select all that apply that is TRUE about Oligotrophic lakes.

a)

Low amount of nutrients on the surface

b)

High amount of nutrients on the bed of the lake

c)

Algae grows excellent on the surface

d)

Water is a clear or deep blue color

11.

Turnover is beneficial to lakes because it provides _________ to the aquatic.

a)

Sunlight

b)

Oxygen

c)

Nitrogen

d)

Phosphorus

12.

What number does each represent:

Saturated Zone

Water Table

Unsaturated Zone

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13.

True or False: Wind can help mix the lake layers.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Permeability is...

a)

The boundary between water saturated and water unsaturated ground

b)

The ease which a fluid can move through a porous rock

c)

How much rock in open space

15.

Visit this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcgTZxi1ajk


Which sediment has low permeability?

a)

Gravel

b)

Silt

c)

Sand

d)

Clay