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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhen fertilizers enter surface water, they cause problems in
the watershed by -increasing the amount of nutrients available to fish in lakes and streams.
clogging narrow streams and preventing water from flowing properly.raising the water level in nearby rivers to levels leading to flooding.causing rapid algal growth that decrease oxygen levels and choke aquatic life. - 2. Multiple ChoicePollutants from a factory enter a stream or creek and travel to a river. River water tested with the pollutant found is calledpoint source pollution
Available space for cropsnonpoint source pollution.eutrophic pollutionriparian pollution - 3. Multiple ChoiceThe use of pesticides and herbicides is carefully monitored
because of the effect they can have on the environment.
Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use
of these chemical on the environment?Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams.Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk.
These chemicals are expensive to produce.Storage space for these chemicals is limited. - 4. Multiple Choice
The illustration provided shows a river and four cities on that river. When the water from the river was sampled at location X, it was determined to be polluted with various chemicals. What would be the most likely source for this pollution?City 1 and City 2City 2 and City 3City 3 and City 4City 1 and City 4 - 5. Multiple ChoiceA industrial powerplant dumps its heated wastewater straight from a pipe into a stream. This is an example of -eutrophic pollution
over-treated drinking water.riparian pollution
flooding in the local aquifer.point source pollution.nonpointsource pollution. - 6. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a watershed?Land that collects and channels water froma small body of water to a larger body of waterThe shape of the land determined by elevationA natural stream of water of considerable volumeA river and all its tributaries
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy is gravity a factor in watersheds?it causes the water to flow away from a watershedit causes the water to flow towards a watershed
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhat is topography?a graph showing all the different toposA map of all the waterways in an areaA map of different mountains in a mountain range that share watershedsThe shape of the land determined by the elevation
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a divide?a natural stream of water of considerable volumea continuous ridge that separates one watershed from anothersmall rivers or streams that flow into a larger river or streama body of fresh water found in low lying areas
- 10. Multiple ChoiceDefine tributariessmall rivers or streams that flow into a large river or streama natural stream of water of considerable volumeprecipitation that flows over the land to streamsa continuous ridge that separates a watershed
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a river?a costal inlet or bay where fresh water mixes with salty watera body of fresh water found in low lying areasa small narrow passage of watera natural stream of water of considerable volume
- 12. Multiple ChoiceDefine tributariessmall rivers or streams that flow into a large river or streama natural stream of water of considerable volumeprecipitation that flows over the land to streamsa continuous ridge that separates a watershed
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a lake?a natural stream of water of considerable volumesmall rivers or stream that flow into a larger river or streama body of fresh water naturally or man-made found in low lying areas
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT true about ponds and lakes?Ponds are deeper than lakes.Ponds contain more algae than lakes.Lakes are larger than ponds.Lakes are colder than ponds.
- 15. Multiple ChoiceA lake that stores water for human use is called a ____________.damoxbow lakereservoircrater lake
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe build up of nutrients in a lake is a process called ________________.eutrophicationvolcanic eruptionalgae builduppond death
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe use of pesticides and fertilizers is carefully monitored
because of the effect they can have on the environment.
Which of the following is a possible negative effect of the use
of these chemical on the environment?Runoff carries these chemicals into lakes and streams.Theses chemicals cannot be purchased in large bulk.
These chemicals are expensive to produce.Storage space for these chemicals is limited. - 18. Multiple ChoiceOverflow during a heavy rainstorm from a wastewater treatment plant would result in -
over-treated drinking water.
flooding in the local aquifer.polluted runoff into nearby ponds.weakened housing foundations. - 19. Multiple ChoiceA collection of watersheds all discharging into the same major body of water is referred to as awatershed.drainage basinriver systemwetland
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