WorksheetsNeptune Lithosphere and Hydrosphere Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which is a negative of mining?
Increased chances for erosion
Getting rich
Obtaining valuable resources
Making energy and electricity
People moving from the rural areas to cities is called...
Ruralization
Colonization
Urbanization
None of these
Which of the following is an example of a nonrenewable resource?
wind
sunlight
natural gas
fresh water
Which of the following forestry methods causes the LEAST harm to the environment?
clear cutting
selective cutting
slash and burn
Which of the following would PREVENT soil erosion on a farm?
over-grazing
plowing
deforestation
planting a variety of plants
What creates heat islands in cities?
too much concrete
people breathing
too many trees
urban crisis
What is the leading cause of deforestation?
Diseases
Housing market
Agriculture and Farming
Paper mill
Which is an example of deforestation?
throwing someone out of a window
allowing more animals to graze on the land than it can support
selectively cutting trees for lumber, making sure the forest remains healthy
cutting and removal of rainforest
What are impacts of overgrazing?
pollution and use of more resources
more people than the infrastructure can support
loss of biodiversity, loss of native topsoil, desertification
creation of heat islands
What are some consequences of deforestation?
increased population in cities
soil erosion, loss of biodiversity, loss of ability to remove CO2
building of more infrastructure
more mercury and cyanide released into rivers
Urbanization has a negative impact on:
Biodiversity, pollution, and ecosystems
Ecosystems, education, and economy
Biodiversity, ecosystems, and education
Economy, pollution, and biodiversity
_____ causes deep ocean currents
The Coriolis Effect
wind
gravity
density differences
Decreasing ocean temperature causes the density of the water to ______.
decrease
increase
stay the same
fluctuate
_______ causes the Coriolis Effect
Earth's rotation
wind
gravity
density
________ and _______ affect the ocean's density and cause the Global Conveyor Belt to travel
gravity and the Coriolis Effect
wind and climate
temperature and salinity
temperature and the Coriolis Effect
What does the quantity of groundwater that can be stored depend upon?
It depends upon the porosity of the underground rock.
It depends upon the pH of the groundwater.
It depends upon the underground depth of the storage system.
It depends upon the temperature of the underground rock.
A place where the water table intersects the ground surface and where a natural flow of groundwater results is called:
an aquifer
a geyser.
a spring.
a fissure.
What is the most common method for removing groundwater?
a well bored into the zone of saturation
building a water tower
accessing the water table by use of low-grade explosives
damming up a river
What is the best definition of a water table?
The level to which a river rises when it floods
The boundary between the land and the ocean
The top of the saturated zone in an aquifer
The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer
What is infiltration?
The process by which water sinks into the ground
The process by which water vapor turns into liquid water and forms fog or clouds.
The zone where there are still air spaces left between the particles.
The process by which water does not sink into the ground, but rather travels along the surface.
Which surface would have the most runoff from it after a rainstorm?
Which surface would be impermeable?
Water is able to flow more easily through the aquifer because its material has a ___________.
low permeability
low porosity
high porosity
high permeability
Much of the water that falls on the ground as precipitation __________.
enters the ground through the process of infiltration
becomes runoff and finds its way back to the ocean
evaporates back into the atmosphere
forms small pools
Point source pollution and non-point source pollution differ in
biological agents causing pollution
the source of pollution is agricultural
the number of sources from which the pollution is from
the number of sources from which the pollution is discharged
One reason polluted ground water pollution is difficult to clean that
location of underground storage tanks is not always known
runoff contaminates the water supply
pollutants cling to the materials that make up aquifers
all the above
Sources of ocean pollution include
oil spills
activities on land
direct dumping of wastewater
all the above
When neighborhood residents notice a large number of dead fish in a local creek, they traced the problem to a nearby gas station. It turned out that a gasoline tank had devolved a leak. This is an example of..
Point- source pollution
non- point source pollution
