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WorksheetsEnvSci: Hydrosphere 2 Quiz (PRACTICE)
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 11mins
What is the definition for desalination?
Process that removes salt from ocean water in order to provide freshwater.
Process that adds salt to lake water in order to provide saltwater.
Removing a chick named Sally from the lake.
What is the definition for point source?
The really fast guy on a basketball team that scores a lot of points
Water-pollution source that generates pollution from a single point of origin, such as an industrial site
Water-pollution source that generates pollution from a several sources, such as an industrial site
What is the definition for non-point source?
Water-pollution source that generates pollution from one source, such as industrial sites.
The really terrible guy on a basketball team who never scores points.
Water-pollution source that generates pollution from widely spread areas, such as runoff from roads.
What does the word flood mean?
A large wave in body of water
Potentially devastating natural occurrence in which water spills over the sides of a stream’s banks onto adjacent land areas.
The most ancient mode of transportation for ark-like vehicles
What is a solution (referring to bodies of water)?
The answer to this question
Homogeneous mixture whose component cannot be distinguished and can be classified as liquid, gaseous, solid, or a combination (p. 215) in a stream, is created when materials, such as silica (SiO2), calcium (Ca), and sodium (Na), cannot dissolve in the stream’s water.
Homogeneous mixture whose component cannot be distinguished and can be classified as liquid, gaseous, solid, or a combination (p. 215) in a stream, is created when materials, such as silica (SiO2), calcium (Ca), and sodium (Na), dissolve in the stream’s water.
Define the word suspension.
State in which small particles, such as silt or sand, are held up and carried along by the turbulence of a stream’s moving water.
The big bridge that connects two parts of San Francisco.
State in which small particles, such as silt or sand, sink to the bottom of a stream.
What does the process of rejuvenation mean?
Process during which a stream halts downcutting toward its base level, decreasing its rate of flow.
What happens when people get Botox.
Process during which a stream resumes downcutting toward its base level, increasing its rate of flow.
What does the term meander mean?
Curve or bend in a stream formed when a stream’s slope decreases, water builds up in the stream channel, and moving water erodes away the sides of the streambed.
What my significant other does when I am waiting for him/her to leave for date night.
Curve or bend in a stream formed when a stream’s slope increases, water flows away from the stream channel, and moving water builds up the sides of the streambed.
Eutrophication. Wuzzit?
WAT?
Process by which lakes become rich in nutrients from the surrounding watershed, resulting in a change in the kinds of organisms in the lake.
Process by which icebergs become rich in nutrients from the surrounding oceans, resulting in a change in the kinds of organisms in the ice.
What is a wetland?
A place that isn't dry.
A place where a lot of water lives.
Low-lying land area, such as a bog or marsh, that is covered in water a large part of the year and supports specific plant species.
Choose the correct meaning of estuary.
Coastal area of brackish water formed where the lower end of a freshwater river or stream enters the ocean; provides an excellent source of food and shelter to commercially important marine organisms.
The area where icebergs meet the ocean.
The building right beside a church sanctuary.
Extra credit (10 points): Describe the process of trophic cascades in five sentences. How did wolves change rivers after they were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park?
