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WorksheetsUnit 5 Practice test HOMEWORK
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 20mins
Pollution from fossil fuels gets into the water cycle. Mining coal changes the structure of the Earth's crust. Even using renewable energy resources can damage ecosystems, displace animals, and harm earth's crust/land/forests. These human activities greatly affect the ________.
Biosphere
atmosphere
Hydrosphere
The LA Lakers
All forms of pollution affect the earth and all living things an may be causing global temperature changes. Which of these do scientists think most add to global climate change?
Increased population in third-world countries
Increased use of fossil fuels
Solar flares
Cleaner air
Overuse of water resources can lead to a lack of clean drinking water, saltwater intrusion into freshwater aquifers, land subsidence, and sink holes. Land subsidence & sink holes happen when we overuse _________
Lake water reservoir
groundwater resources
(aquifer water)
rivers
oceans
This method of gathering timber resources for human use has the least impact on the lithosphere (crust of the earth).
Clear-cutting forests.
Drilling for oil
Strip-mining coal
Selective cutting/Harvesting wood
What mineral resource do we use for making electronics like computers or cellphones?
Silica
Limestone
Gravel and crushed stone
Coal
What mineral resource do we use for making concrete?
Silica
Limestone
Gravel and crushed stone
Coal
What mineral resource do we use for making roads and building construction?
Silica
Limestone
Gravel and crushed stone
Coal
What mineral resource do we use for producing electricity/energy?
Silica
Limestone
Gravel and crushed stone
Coal
What energy source is described in this table?
Solar Power
Biomass
Nuclear Power
Coal
Removing too much groundwater from an aquifer can cause land subsidence.
True
False
Which of the following are ALL part of the water-cycle?
Weathering, erosion, and deposition
Transform, Divergent, Convergent, and faults
Evaporation, Transpiration, Condensation, precipitation, infiltration, and run-off.
Ox bow lakes, oceans, and gutters.
According to this chart, What is the best reason for the DROP in the water table over time?
Decreased recharge rates (less precipitation & infiltration)
An increase in sunshine
Farm irrigation
Run-off
Which region has a shallow water table and includes the Chesapeake Bay?
Appalachian Plateau
Valley and Ridge
Piedmont
Coastal Plain
What feature in this image separates the (1) Unsaturated Soil Zone and the (3) Groundwater zone?
Recharge Zone
Run-off
Zone of Aeration
Water Table
Which point along the river is higher in elevation above sea-level?
X
Y
50
100
What statement below is supported by the evidence in this bar graph?
Use of Biomass has remained steady from 2013 to 2021
Use of coal has increased from 2013-2021
Nuclear Power is the main source of energy in Virginia
Hydroelectric power increased from 2013 to 2021
This is when water vapor moves from trees to the atmosphere.
Infiltration
Runoff
Precipitation
Transpiration
Which resource provided most of the energy from renewable resources in Virginia?
Hydroelectric power
Timber
Biomass
Wind energy
Why are we trying to develop solar powered cars?
Because the Sun is an inexhaustible energy resource
Its less expensive than gasoline
To brag to our neighbors
Solar cars are safer than gasoline cars.
What is the advantage of hybrid gas/electric cars compared to standard gas only cars?
Better fuel efficiency (better gas mileage) and lower emissions
Which process in the water cycle describes the movement of water from plants to the atmosphere?
Condensation
Transpiration
Infiltration
Evaporation
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 bottom of the saturated zone in an aquifer
The top of the unsaturated zone in an aquifer
What would cause the water table to lower?
Low rate of recharge from precipitation
Low rates of evaporation and transpiration
Increasing amounts of runoff
A heavy rainstorm with a lot of precipitation
Which surface would have the most runoff from it after a rainstorm?
Which of the following implies the same thing as the word "aquifer"?
zone of saturation
zone of aeration
zone of soil moisture
zone of twilight
Which choice below has the correct colors matched to the correct watersheds
Pink= Gulf of Mexico
Blue= NC Sounds
Green= Chesapeake Bay
Pink = Chesapeake Bay
Green = NC Sounds
Blue = Gulf of Mexico
Pink = NC Sounds
Green = Chesapeake Bay
Blue = Gulf of Mexico
What is the DEPENDENT VARIABLE of this graph?
Average Daily Use (gphd)
Activities using water
Bathtubs
Clothes washer
How do plants use chemical weathering to help create soil?
Acids in plant roots `breakdown rocks into soil
Ice wedging
acid rain from pollution
Sedimentary Rock
