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Hydrosphere Review
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1Wet lands are like sponges because....
- Ait contains many indigenous species
- Bthey soak up excess water and filter pollutants
- CNone of the above
2which is MOT LIKELY an example of a point source pollution?
- AFertilizer sprayed on to a field
- Bwater runoff from a city street
- Ca pipe flowing into a river
3a 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?
- Aincreased growth of algae
- Bdecreased biodiversity
- Crunoff from fertilizer
4What is the process of a runoff?
- AA small amount of precipitation not evaporated returns to stream, rivers and lakes
- Bwhen a small amount of water turns into groundwater
- Ca combination of precipitation and evaporation
5Deep ocean currents are a result of.....
- AGlobal wind patterns
- BDensity
- CEarths Rotation
- DAll of the above
6Which best describes the water found in estuaries?
- Abrackish
- Bsaltwater
- Cfreshwater
7Eutrophication
- Athe environment around an ocean becomes contaminated
- BWhen an animal has a high level of pollution inside it
- CWhen the Ocean is polluted
- Dthe enrichment of an ecosystem with chemical nutrients
8Aquifers store ______ water
- Aground
- Blake
- Cocean
- Dglacier
9what is A?
- Aevaporation
- BCondensation
- CPrecipitation
- DRunoff
10What is a divide?
- Aa natural stream of water of considerable volume
- Ba continuous ridge that separates a watershed
- Csmall rivers or streams that flow into a larger river or stream
- Da body of fresh water found in low lying areas
11where does most fresh water exist?
- Aice caps, lakes, and streams
- Bglaciers, rivers, and oceans
- Caquifers, ice caps, and glaciers
12The large, circular surface-current pattern found in each ocean?
- ACalifornia Current
- BSurface Current
- CGyre
- DGlobal Conveyor Belt
13What is B?
- AEvaporation
- BCondensation
- CPrecipitation
- DRunoff
14An area of land that bodies of water drain to
- Amouth
- Bpoint-source material
- Cwatershed
- Dheadwaters
15Which of the following is not a permeable surface?
- ASoil
- Bsand
- Cpavement
- Dmoss
16 What process is evaporation from plants and trees?
- AEvaporation
- BCondensation
- Cprecipitation
- Dtranspiration
17What is the energy source that powers the water cycle?
- AGravity
- Brunning water
- Cinternal heat of the earth
- Dsun
18Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers
- Aaquifers
- Bgroundwater
- Ccondensation
- Docean
19 How many river basins are in North Carolina?
- A17
- B19
- C11
- D21
20 Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean?
- Acolder temperature
- Bcolder temperature and more salty
- Cwarmer temperature and less salinity
- Dless salinity
21The ability of a material to transmit water through interconnected pores is called
- Acapacity
- Bcompetence
- Cpermeability
- Dporosity
22 Warm ocean currents generally come from
- Athe north pole
- Bthe south pole
- Cthe equator
- Dboth a and b
23 As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.
- ATrue
- BFalse
24Where is most of Earth's freshwater located?
- Aoceans
- Brivers
- CLakes
- DFrozen in glaciers
25Which of the following statements is NOT part of the water cycle.
- Awater falls as precipitation back to Earth
- Bwater evaporates from bodies of water on Earth
- Cwater soaks into the ground
- Dwater dissolves minerals from rocks it flows over
26Which describes an estuary?
- AA large body of fresh water.
- BA large body of salt water.
- CThe wide, lower course of a river where fresh and salt water mix.
27The highest point of a wave is?
- Acrest
- Btrough
- Cpoint of origin
- Dcompression point
28what is D?
- Aevaporation
- Bcondensation
- CPrecipitation
- Drunoff
29what is point-source solution?
- Apollution coming from a specific one site
- Bunsure of the places the pollution is coming from
- COil spills in to the ocean
- Dnone of the above
30 The change of water from a liquid to a gas.
- Aevaporation
- Bprecipitation
- Ccondensation
- Dtranspiration
31Why are vegetative buffers important?
- AIDK
- Bthey control storm water flow
- Cdeforestation
- DGrowth of algae
32Ocean currents have an affect on which two things
- Aclimate and weather
- Btemperature and density
- Cland and sea
- Dequator and poles
33Which human activity can speed up the process of eutrophication?
- ABuilding cities
- BNuclear power plants
- CDeforestation
- DFarming
34 Surface currents are a result of
- Aglobal wind patterns
- BEarths rotations
- CDensity
- DAll of the above
35 The lowest part of the wave is?
- Atrough
- Bcrest
- Cpoint of origin
- Dcompression point
36what is C?
- Aevaporation
- Bcondensation
- Cprecipitation
- DRunoff
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