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The process of water collecting in rivers, lakes, streams, oceans and other bodies of water is called
infiltration
percolation
precipitation
accumulation
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The continuous circulation of water through the atmosphere, the land and the ocean is called
hydrologic cycle
carbon cycle
accumulation
percolation
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When warm water vapor mixes with cooler air in the atmosphere, it is called
evaporation
condensation
sublimation
transpiration
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The highest level where the underground is saturated with water is called
water shed
water table
water cycle
water balance
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The downward entry of water to the soil is called
percolation
infiltration
transpiration
surface runoff
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Driven by heat energy, it causes the water to turn into an invisible gas known as water vapor. This part of water cycle is called
evaporation
condensation
precipitation
infiltration
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Water that does not soak into the ground, instead it run along the surface until it enters into another body of water.
water vapor
water cycle
water table
surface runoff
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The underground layer of sand, gravel or rocks that stores and carries water is called
aquifer
water table
groundwater
surface runoff
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The water that is stored below Earth's surface. It usually can be accessed through wells and or pump.
surface water
groundwater
water table
water cycle
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The waters in oceans, rivers, lakes and swamps are called
groundwater
surface water
wastewater
watershed
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An area of land where all of the waters that is under it are collected, or drains off of it collects into the same place.
water table
watershed
water cycle
river beds
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Water pollution that is coming from animal waste, chemicals from factories and fertilizers from several farmlands are called
wastewater treatment
point source pollution
nonpoint source pollution
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The process of collecting moisture or vapor through the pores in the surfaces of plant's leaves is called
evaporation
transpiration
sublimation
accumulation
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Hydrologic cycle activities that recharge the groundwater
evaporation and condensation
precipitation and infiltration
accumulation and runoff
surface runoff
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Hydrologic cycle processes that affects the unavailability of water in an area
long period of no precipitation
infiltration sinks too deep into the ground
in tropical area water evaporates too quickly
all water cycle processes mentioned affect the unavailability of water
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Which causes the water table to drop?
extracting groundwater using a well
saltwater intrusion
landslide
sinkhole
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Water contaminants that has no identifiable sources are classified as
non-point source pollution
point source pollution
wastewater
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96% of water pollution is coming from
non-point source pollution
point source pollution
air pollution
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Major sources of non-point water pollution is coming from
agriculture(pesticides, fertilizers)
industrial(factories)
mining(chemicals and sediments
all of the above
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A process to remove the major contaminants from used or sewage water and convert it into a reusable one to recharge the aquifer
water restoration process
wastewater treatment process
disinfection and purification process