Aquatic Science Semester 1 Finals

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Aquatic Science Semester 1 Finals

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What are the three phases of water?

Ice, liquid, water

Solid, ice, water vapor

Water vapor, liquid, gas

Ice, water, water vapor

Which is true about viscosity?

Viscosity is how well something sinks or floats

Viscosity is the resistance within a liquid that affects the speed at which it flows’

Viscosity is the measure of friction within a liquid

Both B and C

What is true about macroinvertebrates?

They are animals with no backbone that are visible to the naked eye

They are categorized into three groups by how they react to pollution: very    sensitive, somewhat sensitive, and tolerant

You can tell long term health of a stream by looking at them

All of the above

Plates move apart
Plates Collide
Plates slide past each other
Can create a volcanic mountain
Can create a non-volcanic mountain
Can create a trench
Can create a fault line
Can create a valley
Volacanic Arc

Transform Boundary
Divergent Boundary
Convergent Boundary
Both Convergent AND Divergent Boundaries

Water can NOT get directly back into the ocean by:

Underground flow 

Surface run-off

Precipitation

Infiltration

What happens to the water molecules as they get below 4°C?

The water molecules expand 

The water molecules condense and get denser

The water molecules get less dense and float

Both A and C

Which is true about the two layers of the Earth’s crust?

The oceanic layer is thicker and more dense

The continental crust is thinner and lighter

Oceanic is made of basalt and continental made of granite

All are true

Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by...

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Convection currents in Earth's mantle

Hot spots from the sun

Match the following types of living organisms with the correct definition.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Neuston		On the bottom sands or in the sands; clam
Plankton		floating on the surface; algae
Nekton		Floating in the water column; phyto or zoo___
Benthos		Free swimming; fish

What is a floodplain?

An area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding

An area on the continental shelf that gets covered with water during low tide.

A reservoir to collect rain water.

A populated area that was devastated by a flood.

The temperature of the ocean water increases primarily because of

Warm blooded organisms swimming

Icebergs

The heat from the sun

Wind

Water combines with carbon dioxide in the air or water to produce carbonic acid causing ocean acidification.

True

False

When a polar molecule, like soap or salt, is added to water, the:

Surface organisms will sink 

Polar molecules will mix in all the water

Some surface organisms will sink and some will float  

Both A and B

Choose the statement that is TRUE.

Sublimation is the process sweat goes through when it is evaporating

Sublimation can be found in aquifers as the rain infiltrates through the soils

Sublimation can occur from snow-covered mountains and glaciers

None of these are true

Match the appropriate word for the amounts of each found on Earth.

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
B		Land
C		Water
D		Fresh water
A		Salt water

Choose the statement that is True.

A low water table can be caused by too much water being pumped out and used by people or by a drought

If the water table is high, springs can disappear in the land.

A high water table causes rivers and lakes to lose water

None of these are true

What divides a watershed or drainage basin?

The watershed or drainage basin is divided by the person who owns the property

The watershed or drainage basin divide is created by where the river flows

The divide is created by the highest points of land surrounding the watershed or drainage basin

The divide is created by the political government in which the watershed or drainage basin is found.

What happens when these plates collide?

Oceanic-Continental

Neither subducts; they crumple

One subducts under, but neither crumple

One subducts under, the other crumples

What happens when these plates collide?

Continetal-Continental

Neither subducts; they crumple

One subducts under, but neither crumple

One subducts under, the other crumples

What happens when these plates collide?

Oceanic-Oceanic

Neither subducts; they crumple

One subducts under, but neither crumple

One subducts under, the other crumples

Which is true about the two layers of the core of the Earth?

Both are made of iron and nickel

The inner core is liquid metal and the outer core is a solid.

The outer core is hotter than the inner core.

All are true

The specific heat capacity of water is the amount of heat required to raise the amount of temperature 1 gram of liquid by 1-degree C. It takes a large amount of energy to raise the temperature of water. What would happen if the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of water was very small?

Oceans would overheat on hot days    

Oceans would freeze on freezing days 

Everything in the water would die 

All of the above

Three liquids are measured out equally and timed as they drip down a flat surface. Liquid 1 arrived at the bottom of the surface first. Then Liquid 3, and finally Liquid 2. Which Liquid had the lowest viscosity?

Liquid 1

Liquid 2

Liquid 3

Not enough information

Salinity of seawater increases

As evaporation increases

Around ice as ice melts in spring

Near the mouth of rivers

With an increase in rain

In a natural area/country, what percent of precipitation infiltrates into the ground?

25%

50%

75%

85%

A levee is...

Only man-made

Used to prevent flooding

Along the sides of a river

Both B and C

How are macroinvertebrates different from each other?

They live in different habitats in the stream

They have different niches: what they eat and how capture food.

They have different adaptations

All of the above

Which is NOT an evidence that the continents were one giant continent hundreds of millions of years ago?

Coal deposits found in cold places; Glacial deposits found in warm places

Same mountain layers on different continents

Coral reef remains found in cold places

All are evidences

Water molecules are constantly breaking bonds with other water molecules and re-bonding.

True

False

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
B		Crust
C		Mantle
D		Outer Core
A		Inner Core

What happens to pollution in a watershed?

It stays in the same place

It washes into the nearest stream

It can pollute things downstream

Both B and C

Match the correct branches of Oceanography

Chemical testing of sands
Waves caused by an earthquake
Formation of snails shells with calcium carbonate
Coral reefs dying and warming of oceans
Photosynthesis and Cell respiration

Biological and Chemical
Biological and Physical
Geological and Chemical
Geological and Physical

What makes up a watershed?

Climate and amount of rainfall

Geology of the land (hills, valleys)

Man-made geography

All of the above

Which is true about convection currents in the Earth?

They are the reason that the oceanic and continental plates move

Hot magma rises from the bottom and cools as it goes up

Cooler magma near the top sinks and heats as is goes down

All are true

Cold water fish have different oxygen requirements than warm water fish. What would happen if you put a cold-water fish into a warm water tank.

Nothing – they are tough enough to survive with the extra oxygen

They would die from too much oxygen

They would die from not enough oxygen.

None of the above

What happens to a non-polar molecule when it is added to water?

It can float on the top  

It mixes evenly with the water 

It breaks apart into individual atoms and attaches to the water molecules

Both A and C

Water in nature has a neutral pH of 7.

True

False

Salinity of seawater decreases

As evaporation increases

Around ice as it melts in spring

Near the mouth of rivers

Both B and C

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item

What are the three phases of water?

Ice, liquid, water

Solid, ice, water vapor

Water vapor, liquid, gas

Ice, water, water vapor

Which is true about viscosity?

Viscosity is how well something sinks or floats

Viscosity is the resistance within a liquid that affects the speed at which it flows’

Viscosity is the measure of friction within a liquid

Both B and C

What is true about macroinvertebrates?

They are animals with no backbone that are visible to the naked eye

They are categorized into three groups by how they react to pollution: very    sensitive, somewhat sensitive, and tolerant

You can tell long term health of a stream by looking at them

All of the above

Plates move apart

Plates Collide

Plates slide past each other

Can create a volcanic mountain

Can create a non-volcanic mountain

Can create a trench

Can create a fault line

Can create a valley

Volacanic Arc

Transform Boundary

Divergent Boundary

Convergent Boundary

Both Convergent AND Divergent Boundaries

Water can NOT get directly back into the ocean by:

Underground flow 

Surface run-off

Precipitation

Infiltration

What happens to the water molecules as they get below 4°C?

The water molecules expand 

The water molecules condense and get denser

The water molecules get less dense and float

Both A and C

Which is true about the two layers of the Earth’s crust?

The oceanic layer is thicker and more dense

The continental crust is thinner and lighter

Oceanic is made of basalt and continental made of granite

All are true

Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by...

Volcanoes

Earthquakes

Convection currents in Earth's mantle

Hot spots from the sun

Match the following types of living organisms with the correct definition.

Neuston

On the bottom sands or in the sands; clam

Plankton

floating on the surface; algae

Nekton

Floating in the water column; phyto or zoo___

Benthos

Free swimming; fish

What is a floodplain?

An area of low-lying ground adjacent to a river, formed mainly of river sediments and subject to flooding

An area on the continental shelf that gets covered with water during low tide.

A reservoir to collect rain water.

A populated area that was devastated by a flood.

The temperature of the ocean water increases primarily because of

Warm blooded organisms swimming

Icebergs

The heat from the sun

Wind

Water combines with carbon dioxide in the air or water to produce carbonic acid causing ocean acidification.

True

False

When a polar molecule, like soap or salt, is added to water, the:

Surface organisms will sink 

Polar molecules will mix in all the water

Some surface organisms will sink and some will float  

Both A and B

Choose the statement that is TRUE.

Sublimation is the process sweat goes through when it is evaporating

Sublimation can be found in aquifers as the rain infiltrates through the soils

Sublimation can occur from snow-covered mountains and glaciers

None of these are true

Match the appropriate word for the amounts of each found on Earth.

B

Land

C

Water

D

Fresh water

A

Salt water

Choose the statement that is True.

A low water table can be caused by too much water being pumped out and used by people or by a drought

If the water table is high, springs can disappear in the land.

A high water table causes rivers and lakes to lose water

None of these are true

What divides a watershed or drainage basin?

The watershed or drainage basin is divided by the person who owns the property

The watershed or drainage basin divide is created by where the river flows

The divide is created by the highest points of land surrounding the watershed or drainage basin

The divide is created by the political government in which the watershed or drainage basin is found.

What happens when these plates collide? 

Oceanic-Continental

Neither subducts; they crumple

One subducts under, but neither crumple

One subducts under, the other crumples

What happens when these plates collide? 

Continetal-Continental

Neither subducts; they crumple

One subducts under, but neither crumple

One subducts under, the other crumples

What happens when these plates collide? 

Oceanic-Oceanic

Neither subducts; they crumple

One subducts under, but neither crumple

One subducts under, the other crumples

Which is true about the two layers of the core of the Earth?

Both are made of iron and nickel

The inner core is liquid metal and the outer core is a solid.

The outer core is hotter than the inner core.

All are true

The specific heat capacity of water is the amount of heat required to raise the amount of temperature 1 gram of liquid by 1-degree C. It takes a large amount of energy to raise the temperature of water. What would happen if the amount of energy needed to change the temperature of water was very small?

Oceans would overheat on hot days    

Oceans would freeze on freezing days 

Everything in the water would die 

All of the above

Three liquids are measured out equally and timed as they drip down a flat surface. Liquid 1 arrived at the bottom of the surface first. Then Liquid 3, and finally Liquid 2. Which Liquid had the lowest viscosity?

Liquid 1

Liquid 2

Liquid 3

Not enough information

Salinity of seawater increases

As evaporation increases

Around ice as ice melts in spring

Near the mouth of rivers

With an increase in rain

In a natural area/country, what percent of precipitation infiltrates into the ground?

25%

50%

75%

85%

A levee is...

Only man-made

Used to prevent flooding

Along the sides of a river

Both B and C

How are macroinvertebrates different from each other?

They live in different habitats in the stream

They have different niches: what they eat and how capture food.

They have different adaptations

All of the above

Which is NOT an evidence that the continents were one giant continent hundreds of millions of years ago?

Coal deposits found in cold places; Glacial deposits found in warm places

Same mountain layers on different continents

Coral reef remains found in cold places

All are evidences

Water molecules are constantly breaking bonds with other water molecules and re-bonding.

True

False

B

Crust

C

Mantle

D

Outer Core

A

Inner Core

What happens to pollution in a watershed?

It stays in the same place

It washes into the nearest stream

It can pollute things downstream

Both B and C

Match the correct branches of Oceanography

Chemical testing of sands

Waves caused by an earthquake

Formation of snails shells with calcium carbonate

Coral reefs dying and warming of oceans

Photosynthesis and Cell respiration

Biological and Chemical

Biological and Physical

Geological and Chemical

Geological and Physical

What makes up a watershed?

Climate and amount of rainfall

Geology of the land (hills, valleys)

Man-made geography

All of the above

Which is true about convection currents in the Earth?

They are the reason that the oceanic and continental plates move

Hot magma rises from the bottom and cools as it goes up

Cooler magma near the top sinks and heats as is goes down

All are true

Cold water fish have different oxygen requirements than warm water fish. What would happen if you put a cold-water fish into a warm water tank.

Nothing – they are tough enough to survive with the extra oxygen

They would die from too much oxygen

They would die from not enough oxygen.

None of the above

What happens to a non-polar molecule when it is added to water? 

It can float on the top  

It mixes evenly with the water 

It breaks apart into individual atoms and attaches to the water molecules

Both A and C

Water in nature has a neutral pH of 7.

True

False

Salinity of seawater decreases

As evaporation increases

Around ice as it melts in spring

Near the mouth of rivers

Both B and C

Why can water have no net charge but have slight charges in different parts of the molecule?

The oxygen end is slightly negative and the hydrogen end is slightly positive

The hydrogen end is slightly negative and the oxygen end is slightly positive

The hydrogen and oxygen ends change in polarity

Because it is neutrally charged.

What would happen if ice in had a higher density than liquid water?

Nothing, It already does

Ice would sink

Ponds and lakes would freeze solid

Both B and C

Which of the following will NOT help you to conserve water in your watershed?

Turn off water when you brush your teeth of soap your hands

Wash your car on the driveway

Plant native plants that do not require as much water

Wash only full loads of dishes or clothes

Which is a gaining stream and which is a losing stream?

B

Losing stream

A

Gaining stream

Use the diagram below to lable the ocean zones

2

Neritic 

4

Oceanic

1

Photic

3

Aphotic

Which statement is FALSE about the water and density?

Warmer water is less dense and floats; colder water is denser and sinks.

Fresh water is less dense and floats; salt water is denser and sinks.

Water in an 8‰ (salinity) sea is less dense and floats while water in a 40‰ (Salinity) sea is denser and sinks.

None of the above are false

Which statements are true about freezing and boiling points of water?

Water freezes at 32°F and 0°C

Water boils at 212°F and 100°C

Both A and B are true

Both A and B are false

Choose the statement that is FALSE

Groundwater is water stored beneath the surface

Groundwater comes directly from precipitation

Groundwater flows to the ocean in underground rivers

Infiltration refills the groundwater

Why is it important that water is colorless, odorless, and tasteless?

Phytoplankton needs to have sun available for photosynthesis

Some aquatic organisms need to be able to see to hunt for food of find mates

Some aquatic organisms need to be able to smell to hunt for food

All of the above 

Water can NOT get into the atmosphere by

Precipitation

Transpiration

Sublimation

Perspiration

Label the appropriate part for the amounts of each found on Earth.

C

Glaciers

D

Groundwater

B

Rivers and Lakes

A

Atmosphere

Aquatic Science Semester 1 Finals

Aquatic Science Semester 1 Finals

What are the three phases of water?

Which is true about viscosity?

What is true about macroinvertebrates?

Water can NOT get directly back into the ocean by:

What happens to the water molecules as they get below 4°C?

Which is true about the two layers of the Earth’s crust?

Plate tectonics, or the movement of pieces of Earth's crust, is thought to be caused by...

Match the following types of living organisms with the correct definition.

What is a floodplain?

The temperature of the ocean water increases primarily because of

Water combines with carbon dioxide in the air or water to produce carbonic acid causing ocean acidification.

When a polar molecule, like soap or salt, is added to water, the:

Choose the statement that is TRUE.

Match the appropriate word for the amounts of each found on Earth.

Choose the statement that is True.

What divides a watershed or drainage basin?

What happens when these plates collide? Oceanic-Continental

What happens when these plates collide? Continetal-Continental

What happens when these plates collide? Oceanic-Oceanic

Which is true about the two layers of the core of the Earth?

Three liquids are measured out equally and timed as they drip down a flat surface. Liquid 1 arrived at the bottom of the surface first. Then Liquid 3, and finally Liquid 2. Which Liquid had the lowest viscosity?

Salinity of seawater increases

In a natural area/country, what percent of precipitation infiltrates into the ground?

A levee is...

How are macroinvertebrates different from each other?

Which is NOT an evidence that the continents were one giant continent hundreds of millions of years ago?

Water molecules are constantly breaking bonds with other water molecules and re-bonding.

What happens to pollution in a watershed?

Match the correct branches of Oceanography

What makes up a watershed?

Which is true about convection currents in the Earth?

Cold water fish have different oxygen requirements than warm water fish. What would happen if you put a cold-water fish into a warm water tank.

What happens to a non-polar molecule when it is added to water?

Water in nature has a neutral pH of 7.

Salinity of seawater decreases

What happens when these plates collide?

Oceanic-Continental

What happens when these plates collide?

Continetal-Continental

What happens when these plates collide?

Oceanic-Oceanic