7th Grade - Human Impact on Water - U2 - Lesson 5

_____________ is an increase in the nutrients, such as nitrates, in a marine or aquatic ecosystem.

• eutrophication

• urbanization

• permafrost

• aquifer

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NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

NGSS.MS-LS2-4

_______________ is a permanently frozen layer of soil beneath the surface of the ground.

• eutrophication

• permafrost

• aquifer

• urbanization

A body of rock or sediment below the surface that can store a lot of water, and that allows water to flow easily through it is called a(n)

• permafrost

• aquifer

• urbanization

• eutrophication

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

The growth of urban areas caused by people moving into the cities from rural areas is called

• eutrophication

• urbanization

• aquifer

• permafrost

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-3

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

A resource that forms at a rate that is much slower than the rate at which the resource is consumed is a(n)

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

• point-source

• non-point source

______________ is pollution that comes from many sources rather than from a single specific site.

• point-source pollution

• non-point source pollution

• nonrenewable resource

• renewable resource

________ is pollution that comes from a specific site.

• non-point source pollution

• point-source pollution

• nonrenewable resouce

• renewable resource

_________________ is a natural resource that can be replaced at the same rate at which the resource is consumed.

• renewable resource

• nonrenewable resource

• point-source

• non-point source

If water is _______________, it is suited for drinking.

• potable

• reservoir

• surface water

• groundwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Any form of water that is above or on the Earth's surface is called

• surface water

• potable

• groundwater

• reservoir

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4