Question 1
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Wet lands are like sponges because....
Question 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
Question 3
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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?
Question 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
Question 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
Question 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
Question 7
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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
Question 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
Question 9
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evaporation
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Condensation
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Precipitation
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Runoff
Question 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
Question 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
Question 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
Question 13
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Evaporation
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Condensation
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Precipitation
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Runoff
Question 14
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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
Question 15
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Which of the following is not a permeable surface?
Question 16
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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
Question 17
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What is the energy source that powers the water cycle?
Question 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
Question 19
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How many river basins are in North Carolina?
Question 20
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Why are surface currents at the surface of the ocean?
Question 21
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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
Question 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
Question 23
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As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.
Question 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
Question 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
Question 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.
Question 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
Question 28
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evaporation
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condensation
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Precipitation
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runoff
Question 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
Question 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
Question 31
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Why are vegetative buffers important?
Question 32
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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
Question 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
Question 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
Question 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
Question 36
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evaporation
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condensation
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precipitation
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Runoff