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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThe circulation of the earth's water, in which water evaporates from the sea into the atmosphere, where it condenses and falls as rain or snow, returning to the sea by rivers or returning to the atmosphere by evapo-transpiration is called the...carbon cyclenitrogen cyclewater cyclerock cycle
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What is occurring at A in the diagram?runoffprecipitationevaporationcondensation - 3. Multiple ChoiceWhat process is happening at C in the diagram?runoffprecipitationcondensationtranspiration
- 4. Multiple ChoiceThe processes of the Water Cycle are…physical changeschemical changesphase changesphysical and phase changes
- 5. Multiple ChoiceH2O is a/an…elementmolecule of a compoundatommolecule of an element
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThere are ____ elements and ____ atoms in H2O.2/22/33/23/4
- 7. Multiple ChoiceAn area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…watershedwatertableriveraquifer
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWater that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called…watershedsurface watergroundwaterwater cycle
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the source of groundwater?rain, snow, melted glaciersocean watericebergswater from fossilized animals
- 10. Multiple ChoiceAn underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.water tableaquiferwatershedriver
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe area of an aquifer in which rock pores are completely filled with water.water tablewatershedzone of saturationsurface water
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wellsaquiferwater tablewatersheddrainage system
- 13. Multiple ChoiceGroundwater is found in permeable rock. Permeable means…porousnothing can pass throughccaves and cavernsanswer not shown
- 14. Multiple ChoiceHow can surface pollutants contaminate groundwater?runoff with water and penetrate soilseep into ground and rockspread in aquifer to contaminate large areasall answers are correct
- 15. Multiple ChoiceGroundwater contamination…is easily cleaned upis difficult to clean or removeis not a problem for modern peopledoes not affect the United States
- 16. Multiple ChoiceHow do people extract groundwater?groundwater cannot be extractedby drilling wells and pumping water out of the groundmining water from the Earthanswer not shown
- 17. Multiple ChoiceExcessive pumping of groundwater can cause subsidence. This is a problem in Texas and Louisiana. What would happen to homes and buildings that were built on land which subsided?settling and breaking of foundationsfloodingboth answers are correctneither answer is correct
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat do all the sources of groundwater contamination shown have in common?caused by humans so it is preventablenaturally occurring so it cannot be prevented
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