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- 1. Multiple Choice
Water is a what type of resource?
renewable resource
non-renewable resource
continuous resource
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why is fresh water a limited resource?
It isn't because it is a renewable resource
97% of water is in the oceans and too salty to drink.
Only 2.5% is drinkable and is stored in icecaps, rivers, and lakes.
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhere most freshwater is stored is in _________.GroundwaterpHGlaciersSea water
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhere 97% of Earth's water is stored?GlacierspHGroundwaterSea water
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWater on the top the earth can form lakes or rivers, these are termed ____.fresh waterinfiltrationsurface watergroundwater
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWater that collects in spaces and cracks in rocks and soil underground.wellaquifergroundwaterirrigation
- 7. Multiple Choice
Which diagram represents the soil with the greatest permeability?Choice 1Choice 2Choice 3Choice 4 - 8. Multiple ChoiceWater flows through permeable materials ____________________ than impermeable materials.slowerfaster
- 9. Multiple Choice
If more water is removed from the aquifer, then ____ can occur.
Water supplies
Water pollution
Water scarcity / water shortage
An aquifer
- 10. Multiple Choice
What best describes the formation of aquifers?
Artificial bodies of water created by constructing barriers in rivers.
Areas where water is unable to seep into the ground.
Water that permeates through soil or rock and accumulates in permeable layers underground.
Deposits of water on the surface that are gradually absorbed into the ground, forming new water layers.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is not part of Earth’s surface water?
wetlands
rivers
aquifers
lakes
- 12. Multiple Choice
Imagine you are a geologist studying water resources. What would you call an underground area of rock and soil that is soaked with water?
An aquifer
A marsh
A river
A well
- 13. Multiple Choice
Most of Earth's water is:
Salty
Fresh
- 14. Multiple Choice
A body of land that drains into one river
Watershed
Water table
Aquifer
Porosity
- 15. Multiple ChoiceThe ___________________ the grain size, the faster the water will move through the soil.more mixedsmallerlarger
- 16. Multiple ChoiceSand sediments are usually more permeable than silt sediments because sand grains are...largersmootherroundermore soluble
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is the relationship between soil type/particle size and permiability (as shown by the bar graph below)?
The larger the particle size, the slower the permeability rate
The smaller the particle size, the faster the permeability rate
There is no relationship between particle size and permeability
The larger the particle size, the faster the permeability rate
- 18. Multiple ChoiceImpermeable materials...have an abundance of pores.let water in.have little to no pores.
- 19. Multiple ChoiceThe measure of how easily water can flow through an aquifer.porositypermeabilitygradientdivide
- 20. Multiple Choice
Rain and snowmelt that infiltrates the ground is called
backflow
groundwater
spongate
infiltrate
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