Water Pollution and Aquifers Quiz

If you dig straight down through the soil to an aquifer, the level underground where you first hit groundwater is called the ______.

How does water end up in the ground?

• When it rains, some water gets soaked by plants.

• Some water runs off the soil into streams, lakes, or oceans.

• Some water gets stuck on the surface.

• All of the above

Any place where groundwater flows out into the surface is called a(n) ______.

Most of the water on the earth is _____.

______ can take place anywhere where there is water on the surface.

Where is the groundwater stored?

• Water table

• Unsaturated zone

• Aquifer

• All of the above

By using shade balls, what were water regulators trying to remove from the water?

• Chlorine

• Sunlight

• Bromate

Why were city officials changing the water source in Flint, Michigan in the spring of 2014?

• To save money

• To punish citizens regarding election results

• To find cleaner water

• To save their older pipe infrastructure

How long did residents of Flint, Michigan complain about the smell/taste/color of the water before the governor switched the water source back to the Detroit water system?

• 2 years

• 18 months

• 12 months

• 5 days

Match the type of pollution with its definition:

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