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- 1. Multiple Choice
Underground formation containing groundwater
watershed
aquifer
river system
ground water
water table
- 2. Multiple Choice
Flowing network of surface water
watershed
aquifer
river system
ground water
water table
- 3. Multiple Choice
Area of land drained by a river
watershed
aquifer
river system
ground water
water table
- 4. Multiple Choice
Area of Earth's surface where water percolates down into the aquifer
recharge zone
aquifer
river system
ground water
water table
- 5. Multiple Choice
Water stored under Earth's surface
recharge zone
aquifer
river system
ground water
water table
- 6. Multiple Choice
The level below which the ground is saturated with water
recharge zone
aquifer
river system
ground water
water table
- 7. Multiple Choice
How much of Earth's water is freshwater?
1%
3%
77%
97%
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which of the following statements helps to explain why fresh water is a limited resource?
Most of Earth's water is salt water.
About 71% of Earth's surface is covered by water.
Most of Earth's freshwater is not liquid water usable by humans
Most major cities are built along waterways.
- 9. Multiple Choice
The three major global uses of fresh water are
manufacturing goods, wastewater disposal, and irrigation.
drinking, bathing, and growing crops.
drinking, manufacturing goods, and generating power.
residential, agricultural, and industrial uses.
- 10. Multiple Choice
All of the water in the United States ends up in the following three locations:
Atlantic Ocean, Great Basin (Salt Lake), Pacific Ocean
Arctic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Pacific Ocean
Atlantic Ocean, Great Lakes, Mississippi River
Missouri River, Colorado River, St. Lawrence River
- 11. Multiple Choice
Mansfield is part of which watershed?
Rocky Fork River
Ohio River
Mississippi River
- 12. Multiple Choice
Which location is the divide/ridge of the watershed?
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- 13. Multiple Choice
Which location is one of the tributaries of the watershed?
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2
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- 14. Multiple Choice
Which location is one of the mouth/delta of the watershed?
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