Unit 1 Test: Water Cycle, Water Conservation and Watersheds

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Water Distribution and Water Cycle

The water cycle is considered a renewable cycle because water cannot be created or destroyed, it just changes forms.

True

False

Which of the following is NOT a way that water moves from the land to the atmosphere?

Evaporation

Sublimation

Transpiration

Precipitation

~71% of Earth's surface is covered with water.

True

False

Only 3% of the water on Earth is saltwater.

True

False

Of the freshwater of Earth, 75% is found underground and 24.7% is found in Glaciers.

True

False

Of the freshwater on Earth, 0.27% is found in rivers and lakes and 0.003% is found in the atmosphere

True

False

Which of the following statements is false?

After drinking, animals get rid of water by precipitating.

One way animals get water in by drinking and eating.

Plants drinking is called root uptake.

Which of the following statements is false?

The sun’s heat causes water to evaporate off of lakes and river

Perspiration and melting is caused by the sun’s heat

Infiltration occurs because of the sun’s heat.

Which of the following statements is false?

Precipitation comes down as rain, snow, or hail

Precipitation is how water leaks underground

Precipitation comes from the atmosphere after condensing

Look at this diagram of the water cycle. What are two water cycle processes NOT shown by arrows in the diagram?

Precipitation and freezing

Evaporation and Melting

Infiltration and Runoff

Transpiration and Condensation

Look at this diagram of the water cycle. Which of the following is correct?

B - Evaporation

D - Condensation

A - Transpiration

C - Infiltration

Water Conservation

The world is at risk of running out of clean and accessible drinking water.

True

False

Which of the following are ways that we can conserve water? Select all that apply.

Wash your car in the middle of a concrete street

Collect rain water to use for watering plants

Repair leaks in the house

Turn off the water while brushing your teeth

Add a brick to the toilet bowl so that it does not refill with as much water

Take longer showers

Watersheds

What is true about a drainage basin and a watershed?

A watershed is the parts (roads/buildings/ hills/trees) that affect where the water travels; the drainage basin is the geographic (land) area that transports the water and sediments into the river

A drainage basin is the parts (roads/buildings/ hills/trees) that affect where the water travels;  the watershed is the geographic (land) area that transports of water and sediments into the river.

None of the above

They are the same thing, interchangeable.

What divides a watershed?

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

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

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

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

What factors interact with water to form a watershed?

What happens to pollution in a watershed?

It stays in the same place

It washes into to the nearest stream

It can pollute things downstream

Both B and C

Which of the statements below is TRUE?

It is easy to identify the source of nonpoint source pollution.

Point source pollution is pollution that is caused by widely dispersed (found all over) sources of pollutants.

Point source pollution is when the pollution is coming from a specific location, making it easy to identify the source.

Nonpoint source pollution stays in one place and typically is not carried into water bodies by surface runoff.

Which of the following statements about aquatic macroinvertebrates is FALSE?

Aquatic macroinvertebrates are organisms without backbones that are large enough to see with the naked eye.

Aquatic macroinvertebrates can be used to determine stream quality by counting the number of pollution tolerant and pollution intolerant species present in the stream.

Aquatic macroinvertebrates live on, under, and around rocks and sediment on the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and streams.

The presence of many species that are sensitive to pollution in a stream indicates poor stream health.

What percent of precipitation infiltrates into the ground for each type of area?

Rural/natural area: 75% --- Urban/city area: 32%

Rural/natural area: 100% --- Urban/city area: 50%

Rural/natural area: 50% --- Urban/city area: 32%

Rural/natural area: 32% --- Urban/city area: 50%

What is true about biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem?

Biotic parts are living and abiotic are non-living

Abiotic includes rocks, sand, water, air

Biotic includes fish, plants, insects

All of these are true

Floodplains are defined as...

None of these

Area where no flooding occurs

Area where flood water is stored

Area around a waterway that periodically floods with too much water

Urban and city areas flood more often than rural/natural areas because...

Urban areas have more permeable areas that make water stay stagnant

Urban areas have more impermeable areas that allow water to transpire

Urban areas have more permeable areas that allow water to infiltrate

Urban areas have more impermeable areas that make water stay stagnant

What happens in a gaining stream?

Water evaporates at a high rate

Water table rises

Causes flooding if it goes over the banks

Both B and C

Where does the water go in a losing stream?

Evaporates into the air

Infiltrates into the soil

Both A and B

None of the above

One thing that can both increase and decrease a stream is...

Dam

Building

Fence

Bridge

Which of the following are examples of non-point source pollution?

Give 3 ways to prevent flooding AND Explain HOW each can prevent flooding. Number your responses 1, 2, and 3.

The water cycle is considered a renewable cycle because water cannot be created or destroyed, it just changes forms.

True

False

Which of the following is NOT a way that water moves from the land to the atmosphere?

Evaporation

Sublimation

Transpiration

Precipitation

~71% of Earth's surface is covered with water.

True

False

Only 3% of the water on Earth is saltwater.

True

False

Of the freshwater of Earth, 75% is found underground and 24.7% is found in Glaciers.

True

False

Of the freshwater on Earth, 0.27% is found in rivers and lakes and 0.003% is found in the atmosphere

True

False

Which of the following statements is false?

After drinking, animals get rid of water by precipitating.

One way animals get water in by drinking and eating.

Plants drinking is called root uptake.

Which of the following statements is false?

The sun’s heat causes water to evaporate off of lakes and river

Perspiration and melting is caused by the sun’s heat

Infiltration occurs because of the sun’s heat.

Which of the following statements is false?

Precipitation comes down as rain, snow, or hail

Precipitation is how water leaks underground

Precipitation comes from the atmosphere after condensing

Look at this diagram of the water cycle.  What are two water cycle processes NOT shown by arrows in the diagram?

Precipitation and freezing

Evaporation and Melting

Infiltration and Runoff

Transpiration and Condensation

Look at this diagram of the water cycle.  Which of the following is correct?

B - Evaporation

D - Condensation

A - Transpiration

C - Infiltration

The world is at risk of running out of clean and accessible drinking water.

True

False

Which of the following are ways that we can conserve water? Select all that apply.

Wash your car in the middle of a concrete street

Collect rain water to use for watering plants

Repair leaks in the house

Turn off the water while brushing your teeth

Add a brick to the toilet bowl so that it does not refill with as much water

Take longer showers

What is true about a drainage basin and a watershed?

A watershed is the parts (roads/buildings/ hills/trees) that affect where the water travels; the drainage basin is the geographic (land) area that transports the water and sediments into the river

A drainage basin is the parts (roads/buildings/ hills/trees) that affect where the water travels;  the watershed is the geographic (land) area that transports of water and sediments into the river.

None of the above

They are the same thing, interchangeable.

What divides a watershed?

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

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

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

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

What factors interact with water to form a watershed?

Climate

Amount of rainfall

Geology of the land (hills, streams)

Man-made Geography (buildings, roads)

All of the above

What happens to pollution in a watershed?

It stays in the same place

It washes into to the nearest stream

It can pollute things downstream

Both B and C

Which of the statements below is TRUE?

It is easy to identify the source of nonpoint source pollution.

Point source pollution is pollution that is caused by widely dispersed (found all over) sources of pollutants.

Point source pollution is when the pollution is coming from a specific location, making it easy to identify the source.

Nonpoint source pollution stays in one place and typically is not carried into water bodies by surface runoff.

Which of the following statements about aquatic macroinvertebrates is FALSE?

Aquatic macroinvertebrates are organisms without backbones that are large enough to see with the naked eye.

Aquatic macroinvertebrates can be used to determine stream quality by counting the number of pollution tolerant and pollution intolerant species present in the stream.

Aquatic macroinvertebrates live on, under, and around rocks and sediment on the bottoms of lakes, rivers, and streams.

The presence of many species that are sensitive to pollution in a stream indicates poor stream health.

What percent of precipitation infiltrates into the ground for each type of area?

Rural/natural area: 75% --- Urban/city area: 32%

Rural/natural area: 100% --- Urban/city area: 50%

Rural/natural area: 50% --- Urban/city area: 32%

Rural/natural area: 32% --- Urban/city area: 50%

What is true about biotic and abiotic parts of an ecosystem?

Biotic parts are living and abiotic are non-living

Abiotic includes rocks, sand, water, air

Biotic includes fish, plants, insects

All of these are true

Floodplains are defined as...

None of these

Area where no flooding occurs

Area where flood water is stored

Area around a waterway that periodically floods with too much water

Urban and city areas flood more often than rural/natural areas because...

Urban areas have more permeable areas that make water stay stagnant

Urban areas have more impermeable areas that allow water to transpire

Urban areas have more permeable areas that allow water to infiltrate

Urban areas have more impermeable areas that make water stay stagnant

What happens in a gaining stream?

Water evaporates at a high rate

Water table rises

Causes flooding if it goes over the banks

Both B and C

Where does the water go in a losing stream?

Evaporates into the air

Infiltrates into the soil

Both A and B

None of the above

One thing that can both increase and decrease a stream is...

Dam

Building

Fence

Bridge

Which of the following are examples of non-point source pollution?

Leaking waste barrels

Black Smoke from a Factory

Pet Waste

Pesticides

Storm water Run off 

Tanker truck leaking chemicals