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Aquatic Science Semester 1 Finals

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49 questions
1

What are the three phases of water?

1

Which is true about viscosity?

1

What is true about macroinvertebrates?

9
  • 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
1

Water can NOT get directly back into the ocean by:

1

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

1

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

1

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

4

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

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
Plankton
On the bottom sands or in the sands; clam
Benthos
floating on the surface; algae
Neuston
Floating in the water column; phyto or zoo___
Nekton
Free swimming; fish
1

What is a floodplain?

1

The temperature of the ocean water increases primarily because of

1

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

1

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

1

Choose the statement that is TRUE.

4

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

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
A
Land
B
Water
C
Fresh water
D
Salt water
1

Choose the statement that is True.

1

What divides a watershed or drainage basin?

1

What happens when these plates collide?

Oceanic-Continental

1

What happens when these plates collide?

Continetal-Continental

1

What happens when these plates collide?

Oceanic-Oceanic

1

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

1

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?

1

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?

1

Salinity of seawater increases

1

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

1

A levee is...

1

How are macroinvertebrates different from each other?

1

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

1

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

4

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
C
Crust
A
Mantle
B
Outer Core
D
Inner Core
1

What happens to pollution in a watershed?

5

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
1

What makes up a watershed?

1

Which is true about convection currents in the Earth?

1

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.

1

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

1

Water in nature has a neutral pH of 7.

1

Salinity of seawater decreases

1

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

1

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

1

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

2

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

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
A
Losing stream
B
Gaining stream
4

Use the diagram below to lable the ocean zones

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
1
Neritic
3
Oceanic
4
Photic
2
Aphotic
1

Which statement is FALSE about the water and density?

1

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

1

Choose the statement that is FALSE

1

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

1

Water can NOT get into the atmosphere by

4

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

Draggable itemCorresponding Item
A
Glaciers
B
Groundwater
C
Rivers and Lakes
D
Atmosphere