Unit 1 - Intro to Water Systems

Which of the following is a land use that has negative impacts on a body of water?

• Farmland

• Forest

• wetlands

• grasslands

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Which PA Watershed do we live in

• Genessee

• Delaware

• Ohio

• Susquehanna

What is the process of water vapor leaving plants called?

• condensation

• evaporation

• transpiration

• transportation

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Which U.S watershed do we live in?

• Ohio

• Mid-Atlantic

• New England

• South Atlantic Golf

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What is the difference between point source pollution and nonpoint source pollution?

• Point Source pollution is pollution picked up in surface runoff from several different locations. While Nonpoint Source pollution is not

• Point Source Pollution is pollution picked up in surface runoff from one specific location. While Nonpoint source pollution is not

• Nonpoint Source Pollution is pollution that is picked up in surface runoff from several spread out locations while Point source pollution is not

• Nonpoint Source Pollution is pollution that is picked up in surface runoff from one specific location, while Point Source Pollution is not.

What percent of fresh water makes up groundwater?

• 56%

• 30.1 %

• 95-99%

• 22%

What is the first step of the water cycle (when water enters the atmosphere)?

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

• infiltration

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Topography and Gravity are two defining factors of what?

• water cycle

• hydrologic cycle

• watershed

• freshwater

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What is a Watershed?

• an area of land that waters flows over to reach a rivers, basins, or seas.

• a large body of water surrounded by land.

• flows over land as surface water

• a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.a very large expanse of sea, in particular each of the main areas into which the sea is divided geographically.

• a large natural stream of water flowing in a channel to the sea, a lake, or another such stream.

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What process turns water into gas?

• sweating

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation

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