Match the parts of the water cycle to their correct definitions.
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Evaporation
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The process of water changing from water vapor into tiny droplets to form clouds.
Precipitation
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The process of liquid water changing into water vapor.
Sublimation
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The process of ice evaporating into gas.
Condensation
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The process where water droplets are too heavy to stay in clouds and fall as rain, sleet, hail or snow.
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4 points
4
Question 2
2.
Match the term to the correct definition.
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Groundwater
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The process of water soaking into the soil and in between rock layers.
Surface Runoff
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The process where water flows/runs downhill from land surfaces into rivers and streams and then back to the ocean/
Floodplain
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The water stored beneath the surface of the earth.
Infiltration
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Floodplain is an area around a waterway that periodically floods with too much water.
Required
4 points
4
Question 3
3.
Match the term to the correct definition.
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Impermeable
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Impermeable/impervious surfaces are solid surfaces that don't allow water to penetrate, forcing it to run off. Ex. Concrete
Erosion
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Allows water to sink into the soil to filter out pollutants and recharge the water table adding to the groundwater. Ex. Soil
Deposition
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The washing away of material from the bed or outsides curves of the river or stream.
Permeable
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The depositing of materials at the inside curve of a river or stream.
Required
4 points
4
Question 4
4.
Look at the pie charts below. Match the letter to correctly label the charts comparing water to land and freshwater o saltwater.
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D
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Land
B
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Water
A
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Freshwater
C
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Saltwater
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4 points
4
Question 5
5.
Look at the image below. Match the letters to correctly label the distribution of FRESHWATER.
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A
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Glaciers (Frozen)
B
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Groundwater
C
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Rivers, Lakes and Streams
D
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Atmosphere
Unit 3: Aquatic Life Zones
Required
4 points
4
Question 6
6.
Match the number to the correct label for the ocean zones.
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2
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Neritic
4
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Oceanic
3
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Photic
1
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Aphotic
Required
3 points
3
Question 7
7.
Match the zone of the ocean to the correct definition.
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Supralittoral Zone
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Part of the ocean floor from low tide to
200m down the edge of the continental
shelf; permanently submerged under water.
Sublittoral Zone
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Part of the ocean floor between high and
low tide. Sometimes submerged.
Littoral/Intertidal Zone
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Past of the ocean floor above the high tide
zone that is regularly splashed, but not
submerged by ocean water.
Required
3 points
3
Question 8
8.
Match the type of water body to the correct definition.
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Brackish
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Bodies of flowing water such as rivers and streams.
Lotic
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Bodies of standing water such as lakes, ponds, and wetlands.
Lentic
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Slightly salty, as is the mixture of river water and seawater in estuaries.
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4 points
4
Question 9
9.
Match the zones of lentic water bodies to the correct definition.
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Littoral zone
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Open water too deep for rooted plants but has light.
Profundal zone
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Shallow area with rooted plants and waves – light through to bottom
Limnetic zone
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Deep part of lake with no light
Benthic zone
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The bottom/floor of the water body
Unit 2: Water Properties
Required
3 points
3
Question 10
10.
Match the term to the correct definition.
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Cohesion
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The surface film or "Skin" of a liquid caused by the attraction of the particles in the surface layer.
Adhesion
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Water molecules are attracted to water molecules
Surface tension
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Water molecules are attracted to other substances.
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3 points
3
Question 11
11.
Match the term to the correct definition.
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Ocean Acidification
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A reduction in the pH of the ocean over an extended period time, caused primarily by uptake of carbon dioxide
Dissolved oxygen
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The amount of free oxygen that is present in water.
Salinity
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The saltiness or amount of salt dissolved in a body of water
Required
4 points
4
Question 12
12.
Match the term to the correct definition.
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Density
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How much space an object or substance takes up (its volume) in relation to the amount of matter in that object or substance (its mass).
Buoyancy
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The ability or tendency to float in water or air or some other fluid.
Polarity
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The uneven distribution of electrons causing water to have a slightly negative charge near the oxygen atom and a slightly positive charge near the hydrogen atoms.
Capillary Action
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The process of a liquid flowing in a narrow space without the assistance of any external forces.
Unit 4: Aquariums
Required
4 points
4
Question 13
13.
Match the term with the correct description.
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Ammonia
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Is toxic --> Causes frayed fins, cloudy eyes, lack of appetite, laying on the bottom
Nitrate
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Not Toxic --> Can be absorbed by live plants and cause fish stress. Gets into tank through bacteria.
Nitrite
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Is Toxic --> Causes Gulping of air, Lethargy, staying near the top, and brown gills
Phosphate
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Not Toxic --> Can Cause algae and plant growth
Required
1 point
1
Question 14
14.
All fish can eat the same type of fish food.
Required
1 point
1
Question 15
15.
I will be responsible for purchasing ALL aquarium equipment AND fish by myself.
Required
1 point
1
Question 16
16.
I must check for fish compatibility before buying fish for my tank so that they do not fight with each other.
Required
1 point
1
Question 17
17.
I can have as many fish as I want in my tank.
Required
1 point
1
Question 18
18.
Freshwater tanks allow 1 inch of fish per each gallon of water.