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Quiz por Leslie Pedroza, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Leslie Pedroza
mais de 6 anos atrás
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Questão 1
Questão
Wet lands are like sponges because....
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it contains many indigenous species
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they soak up excess water and filter pollutants
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None of the above
Questão 2
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which is MOT LIKELY an example of a point source pollution?
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Fertilizer sprayed on to a field
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water runoff from a city street
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a pipe flowing into a river
Questão 3
Questão
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?
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increased growth of algae
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decreased biodiversity
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runoff from fertilizer
Questão 4
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What is the process of a runoff?
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A small amount of precipitation not evaporated returns to stream, rivers and lakes
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when a small amount of water turns into groundwater
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a combination of precipitation and evaporation
Questão 5
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Deep ocean currents are a result of.....
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Global wind patterns
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Density
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Earths Rotation
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All of the above
Questão 6
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Which best describes the water found in estuaries?
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brackish
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saltwater
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freshwater
Questão 7
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Eutrophication
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the environment around an ocean becomes contaminated
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When an animal has a high level of pollution inside it
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When the Ocean is polluted
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the enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients
Questão 8
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Aquifers store ______ water
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ground
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lake
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ocean
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glacier
Questão 9
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evaporation
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Condensation
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Precipitation
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Runoff
Questão 10
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What is a divide?
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a natural stream of water of considerable volume
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a continuous ridge that separates a watershed
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small rivers or streams that flow into a larger river or stream
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a body of fresh water found in low lying areas
Questão 11
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where does most fresh water exist?
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ice caps, lakes, and streams
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glaciers, rivers, and oceans
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aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers
Questão 12
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The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean?
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California Current
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Surface Current
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Gyre
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Global Conveyor Belt
Questão 13
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Evaporation
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Condensation
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Precipitation
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Runoff
Questão 14
Questão
An area of land that bodies of water drain to
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mouth
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point-source material
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watershed
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headwaters
Questão 15
Questão
Which of the following is not a permeable surface?
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Soil
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sand
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pavement
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moss
Questão 16
Questão
What process is evaporation from plants and trees?
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Evaporation
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Condensation
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precipitation
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transpiration
Questão 17
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What is the energy source that powers the water cycle?
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Gravity
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running water
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internal heat of the earth
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sun
Questão 18
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Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
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aquifers
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groundwater
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condensation
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ocean
Questão 19
Questão
How many river basins are in North Carolina?
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17
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19
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11
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21
Questão 20
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Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean?
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colder temperature
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colder temperature and more salty
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warmer temperature and less salinity
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less salinity
Questão 21
Questão
The ability of a material to transmit water through interconnected pores is called
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capacity
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competence
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permeability
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porosity
Questão 22
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Warm ocean currents generally come from
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the north pole
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the south pole
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the equator
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both a and b
Questão 23
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As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.
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- True
- False
Questão 24
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Where is most of Earth's freshwater located?
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oceans
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rivers
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Lakes
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Frozen in glaciers
Questão 25
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Which of the following statements is NOT part of the water cycle.
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water falls as precipitation back to Earth
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water evaporates from bodies of water on Earth
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water soaks into the ground
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water dissolves minerals from rocks it flows over
Questão 26
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Which describes an estuary?
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A large body of fresh water.
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A large body of salt water.
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The wide, lower course of a river where fresh and salt water mix.
Questão 27
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The highest point of a wave is?
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crest
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trough
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point of origin
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compression point
Questão 28
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evaporation
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condensation
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Precipitation
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runoff
Questão 29
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what is point-source solution?
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pollution coming from a specific one site
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unsure of the places the pollution is coming from
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Oil spills in to the ocean
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none of the above
Questão 30
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The change of water from a liquid to a gas.
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evaporation
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precipitation
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condensation
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transpiration
Questão 31
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Why are vegetative buffers important?
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IDK
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they control storm water flow
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deforestation
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Growth of algae
Questão 32
Questão
Ocean currents have an affect on which two things
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climate and weather
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temperature and density
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land and sea
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equator and poles
Questão 33
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Which human activity can speed up the process of eutrophication?
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Building cities
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Nuclear power plants
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Deforestation
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Farming
Questão 34
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Surface currents are a result of
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global wind patterns
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Earths rotations
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Density
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All of the above
Questão 35
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The lowest part of the wave is?
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trough
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crest
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point of origin
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compression point
Questão 36
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evaporation
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condensation
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precipitation
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Runoff
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