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Question 1
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Q. The 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...
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carbon cycle
nitrogen cycle
water cycle
rock cycle
Question 2
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Q. What is occurring at A in the diagram?
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runoff
precipitation
evaporation
condensation
Question 3
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Q. What process is happening at C in the diagram?
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runoff
precipitation
condensation
transpiration
Question 4
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Q. The processes of the Water Cycle are…
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physical changes
chemical changes
phase changes
physical and phase changes
Question 5
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Q. H2O is a/an…
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element
molecule of a compound
atom
molecule of an element
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Q. There are ____ elements and ____ atoms in H2O.
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2/2
2/3
3/2
3/4
Question 7
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Q. An area of land in which all of the water falling or flowing over it drains to the same location is a/an…
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watershed
watertable
river
aquifer
Question 8
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Q. Water that is located in the ground in the pores within rock is called…
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watershed
surface water
groundwater
water cycle
Question 9
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Q. What is the source of groundwater?
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rain, snow, melted glaciers
ocean water
icebergs
water from fossilized animals
Question 10
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Q. An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.
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water table
aquifer
watershed
river
Question 11
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Q. The area of an aquifer in which rock pores are completely filled with water.
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water table
watershed
zone of saturation
surface water
Question 12
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Q. The top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wells
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aquifer
water table
watershed
drainage system
Question 13
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Q. Groundwater is found in permeable rock. Permeable means…
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porous
nothing can pass throughc
caves and caverns
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Question 14
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Q. How can surface pollutants contaminate groundwater?
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runoff with water and penetrate soil
seep into ground and rock
spread in aquifer to contaminate large areas
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Question 15
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Q. Groundwater contamination…
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is easily cleaned up
is difficult to clean or remove
is not a problem for modern people
does not affect the United States
Question 16
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Q. How do people extract groundwater?
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groundwater cannot be extracted
by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground
mining water from the Earth
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Q. Excessive 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?
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settling and breaking of foundations
flooding
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neither answer is correct
Question 18
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Q. What do all the sources of groundwater contamination shown have in common?