Es Water Resources and Use

Es Water Resources and Use

12th Grade

13 Qs

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Es Water Resources and Use

Es Water Resources and Use

Assessment

Quiz

Science

12th Grade

Hard

NGSS
MS-ESS2-4, MS-ESS3-4, MS-ESS3-1

+2

Standards-aligned

Created by

Charles Martinez

FREE Resource

13 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Most of the water in the Colorado River comes from which of the following sources?

Great Salt Lake

Snow melt in the Rocky Mountains

Glaciers in Canada

aquifers in Wyoming

Lakes in Montana

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

At a certain depth, the area where the spaces in soil and rock are completely filled with water. What is this called?

the zone of saturation

an aquifer

the bedrock

the water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

The geological layer, consisting of underground caverns and porous layers of sand, gravel, or bedrock, where groundwater flows, is called ____.

the zone of saturation

the water table

an aquifer

surface water

the bedrock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

What is the land from which surface water drains into a particular lake, river, or other body of water?

the zone of saturation

watershed

an aquifer

surface water

the bedrock

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Media Image

Indirectly used water, that is, water consumed to produce food and other products, is called ____.

surface runoff

virtual water

non-renewal aquifers

water table

groundwater

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

There are four major problems associated with the use of the Colorado River's water. Which one of the following is not one of those problems?

Mexico and the U.S. have agreed to take more water than is in the river

The river does not have much of a flow considering its size.

The river gets most of its water from mountain snow melt.

Water seldom makes it to the mouth of the river.

The Colorado River basin includes some of the driest areas in the U.S.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-4

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Water in the spaces between soil, rock, and gravel is called what ____.

groundwater

capillary fringe water

perched water table

soil moisture

soil aquifer

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

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