Fresh water Quiz

Why is water from an aquifer more likely to be cleaner than water from other sources?

• Because it forms where fresh and salt water meet

• Because pollutants are filtered through rock and soil

• Because it rises to the surface near the ocean

• Because it receives water directly from precipitation

Which best describes the characteristics of a river basin?

• The land drained by a river and its tributaries

• The land formed when rivers create estuaries and marshes

• The land at the mouth of a river where water flows into the ocean

• The land formed as a result of a river flooding

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A family living in a house needs to dig a new well before they will have usable water. Which location would be the best choice for the new well?

• Q

• R

• S

• T

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Where does most fresh water exist?

• Ice caps, lakes, and oceans

• Glaciers, rivers, and oceans

• Aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers

• Ice caps, lakes, and streams

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Which most likely causes the rate of ground water movement to change?

• The type of ground/sediment that water moves through

• The amount of sunlight

• The temperature of the ground

• The location of the water

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Which is true concerning the structure of the hydrosphere?

• There is one ocean with one basin.

• There are many oceans with many basins.

• The ocean is connected to many lakes, watersheds, and waterways.

• The oceans are separated from river basins

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Rivers and streams transport nutrients, salts, sediments, and pollutants. Which is the correct order for this process?

• estuaries → oceans → watersheds → river basin

• watersheds → river basin → oceans → estuaries

• watersheds → river basin → estuaries → oceans

• oceans → estuaries

Which best describes the importance of an aquifer?

• It holds uncontaminated (not polluted) groundwater for human consumption.

• It supplies all water for lakes and rivers.

• It provides water for oceans.

• It provides an ecosystem for plants and fish

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Of the freshwater on Earth, where is most of the water that is available for human consumption/use found?

• ocean

• groundwater

• rivers and lakes

• glaciers and icecaps

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Where can brackish water most likely be found?

• Where lakes meet rivers

• Where rivers meet oceans

• Where ponds meet creeks

• Where steams and rivers meet

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