Environmental Science Chapter 14 Review

What kind of resource is water?

• renewable

• nonrenewable

• point source

• nonpoint source

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Choose all of the following reasons why water is limited.

• only 2.5% is freshwater

• there are inequalities in per capita resources

• most of it stays in the ground

• freshwater is unevenly distributed in space and time

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What is another name for a watershed?

• recharge zone

• drainage basin

• tributary

• aquifer

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What is the water that flows over land and collects in a stream or river?

• watershed

• water table

• runoff

• recharge zone

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Where is there an impermeable layer?

• 1

• 2

• 6

• 3

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Where is the zone of aeration?

• 1

• 2

• 6

• 3

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Choose all of the following uses of freshwater.

• agricultural

• personal

• industrial

• meteorlogical

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What is the greatest use of fresh water?

• agricultural

• industrial

• personal

• meteorological

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Where does most of the fresh water we use come from?

• groundwater

• atmospheric water

• space

• surface waters

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What is groundwater primarily used for?

• manufacturing processes

• residential uses

• irrigation

• drinking

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