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9th grade hydrosphere earth,environmental science(honors)

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Question 1 of 36

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Wet lands are like sponges because....

Select one of the following:

it contains many indigenous species
they soak up excess water and filter pollutants
None of the above

Explanation

Question 2 of 36

1

which is MOT LIKELY an example of a point source pollution?

Select one of the following:

Fertilizer sprayed on to a field
water runoff from a city street
a pipe flowing into a river

Explanation

Question 3 of 36

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a new golf course is built next to a river. Over the past of several months, the nitrate levels of the water in the river have been increasing \. which best explains the cause of the increasing nitrate levels?

Select one of the following:

increased growth of algae
decreased biodiversity
runoff from fertilizer

Explanation

Question 4 of 36

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What is the process of a runoff?

Select one of the following:

A small amount of precipitation not evaporated returns to stream, rivers and lakes
when a small amount of water turns into groundwater
a combination of precipitation and evaporation

Explanation

Question 5 of 36

1

Deep ocean currents are a result of.....

Select one of the following:

Global wind patterns
Density
Earths Rotation
All of the above

Explanation

Question 6 of 36

1

Which best describes the water found in estuaries?

Select one of the following:

brackish
saltwater
freshwater

Explanation

Question 7 of 36

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Eutrophication

Select one of the following:

the environment around an ocean becomes contaminated
When an animal has a high level of pollution inside it
When the Ocean is polluted
the enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients

Explanation

Question 8 of 36

1

Aquifers store ______ water

Select one of the following:

ground
lake
ocean
glacier

Explanation

Question 9 of 36

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what is A?

Select one of the following:

evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff

Explanation

Question 10 of 36

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What is a divide?

Select one of the following:

a natural stream of water of considerable volume
a continuous ridge that separates a watershed
small rivers or streams that flow into a larger river or stream
a body of fresh water found in low lying areas

Explanation

Question 11 of 36

1

where does most fresh water exist?

Select one of the following:

ice caps, lakes, and streams
glaciers, rivers, and oceans
aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers

Explanation

Question 12 of 36

1

The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean?

Select one of the following:

California Current
Surface Current
Gyre
Global Conveyor Belt

Explanation

Question 13 of 36

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What is B?

Select one of the following:

Evaporation
Condensation
Precipitation
Runoff

Explanation

Question 14 of 36

1

An area of land that bodies of water drain to

Select one of the following:

mouth
point-source material
watershed
headwaters

Explanation

Question 15 of 36

1

Which of the following is not a permeable surface?

Select one of the following:

Soil
sand
pavement
moss

Explanation

Question 16 of 36

1

What process is evaporation from plants and trees?

Select one of the following:

Evaporation
Condensation
precipitation
transpiration

Explanation

Question 17 of 36

1

What is the energy source that powers the water cycle?

Select one of the following:

Gravity
running water
internal heat of the earth
sun

Explanation

Question 18 of 36

1

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers

Select one of the following:

aquifers
groundwater
condensation
ocean

Explanation

Question 19 of 36

1

How many river basins are in North Carolina?

Select one of the following:

17
19
11
21

Explanation

Question 20 of 36

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Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean?

Select one of the following:

colder temperature
colder temperature and more salty
warmer temperature and less salinity
less salinity

Explanation

Question 21 of 36

1

The ability of a material to transmit water through interconnected pores is called

Select one of the following:

capacity
competence
permeability
porosity

Explanation

Question 22 of 36

1

Warm ocean currents generally come from

Select one of the following:

the north pole
the south pole
the equator
both a and b

Explanation

Question 23 of 36

1

As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.

Select one of the following:

True
False

Explanation

Question 24 of 36

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Where is most of Earth's freshwater located?

Select one of the following:

oceans
rivers
Lakes
Frozen in glaciers

Explanation

Question 25 of 36

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Which of the following statements is NOT part of the water cycle.

Select one of the following:

water falls as precipitation back to Earth
water evaporates from bodies of water on Earth
water soaks into the ground
water dissolves minerals from rocks it flows over

Explanation

Question 26 of 36

1

Which describes an estuary?

Select one of the following:

A large body of fresh water.
A large body of salt water.
The wide, lower course of a river where fresh and salt water mix.

Explanation

Question 27 of 36

1

The highest point of a wave is?

Select one of the following:

crest
trough
point of origin
compression point

Explanation

Question 28 of 36

1

what is D?

Select one of the following:

evaporation
condensation
Precipitation
runoff

Explanation

Question 29 of 36

1

what is point-source solution?

Select one of the following:

pollution coming from a specific one site
unsure of the places the pollution is coming from
Oil spills in to the ocean
none of the above

Explanation

Question 30 of 36

1

The change of water from a liquid to a gas.

Select one of the following:

evaporation
precipitation
condensation
transpiration

Explanation

Question 31 of 36

1

Why are vegetative buffers important?

Select one of the following:

IDK
they control storm water flow
deforestation
Growth of algae

Explanation

Question 32 of 36

1

Ocean currents have an affect on which two things

Select one of the following:

climate and weather
temperature and density
land and sea
equator and poles

Explanation

Question 33 of 36

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Which human activity can speed up the process of eutrophication?

Select one of the following:

Building cities
Nuclear power plants
Deforestation
Farming

Explanation

Question 34 of 36

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Surface currents are a result of

Select one of the following:

global wind patterns
Earths rotations
Density
All of the above

Explanation

Question 35 of 36

1

The lowest part of the wave is?

Select one of the following:

trough
crest
point of origin
compression point

Explanation

Question 36 of 36

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what is C?

Select one of the following:

evaporation
condensation
precipitation
Runoff

Explanation