Environmental Science Exam 1 - Bert Johnson | Library | Formative

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Match the following bodies of water with their description

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Salton Sea		the largest lake in California
Colorado River		the source of water for the Salton Sea
Lake Mono		a healthy saltwater lake in Northern California that has been restored since lawsuits stopped Los Angeles from draining the rivers that feed it
Lake Owens		A dry lakebed in Northern California that has gone dry since the Los Angeles aqueduct drained the rivers that feed it

Match the following types of chemicals in the Salton Sea with description

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Hydrogen Sulfide		Naturally occurring, disease causing heavy metals that have been concentrated in the Salton sea as large amounts of water evaporated
Pesticides, Herbicides, and Fertilizer		Chemicals, some of which are no longer legal because concerns about their toxicity to people or wildlife, that have been put on fields by farmers and then drained into the Salton Sea
Arsenic, Mercury and Lead		The most common highly soluble ions that are leached from rocks into rivers and then concentrate in ocean and saline lakes with no outlet
Sodium and Chlorine		a naturally occurring gas released by bacteria in the sediment at the bottom of the Salton Sea that sometimes get trapped or released as a large bubble of smelly gas that the wind can blow for many miles

Match the following process with its description

Draggable item		Corresponding Item
subduction		movement of rocks or soil by wind or water
erosion		break down of rocks into small particles by wind or water
eruption		pushing of one continental plate under another
caldera		pressurized magma pushing up through the earth's crust
continental drift		movement of continental plates across the surface of the world
weathering		a large volcanic crater formed from an eruption followed by the collapse of the mouth of the volcano