APES - Unit 5 Review

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Which of the following can be described as a market-based system intended to help control access to fisheries? Options: Cap and trade, total allowable catch system, co-management systems, individual transfer rights system

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individual transfer rights system

Front

The geological layer, consisting of underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock, where groundwater flows, is called

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Aquifer

Front

All of the land that drains into a particular body of water is called a(n):

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watershed

Front

Reverse osmosis is a process in which:

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salt water is forced through a membrane to remove particulates.

Front

The Mississippi River carries agricultural runoff to the Gulf of Mexico. What phenomenon results?

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a dead zone

Front

What percentage of expensive bottled water is actually bottled tap water?

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40%

Front

Which of the following is NOT one of the primary sources of groundwater contamination? Industry, Agriculture, Mining, Lawn fertilizers

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Lawn fertilizers

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Which of the following could be described as "non-point source" pollution? A farmer dumps her waste into a stream that runs through her property., A mining impoundment pond overflows., Over 100,000 acres of continuos farmland has water with excess levels of nitrates., Waste water from a nuclear plant spills into a nearby waterway.

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Over 100,000 acres of continuos farmland has water with excess levels of nitrates.

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The Great Lakes are threatened.  Which of the following is a success story from the 2007 State of the Great Lakes Report? Options: Native carnivorous fish numbers are increasing., Wetlands are being restored., Native species at the base of the food chain are increasing in size., Dissolved oxygen levels have improved.

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Dissolved oxygen levels have improved.

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Why can't groundwater cleanse itself compared to streams and rivers?

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It doesn't move quickly enough.