Earth Science Benchmark Review

This image demonstrates that

• There is a direct correlation with the atmospheric CO₂ and the CO₂ in seawater

• That pH of the ocean increases as the atmospheric CO₂ increases

• That there is no correlation between pH of the ocean and atmospheric CO₂

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According to this slide

• CO₂ is causing marine life to die by "poisoning' the water

• CO₂ is destroying sea shells

• CO₂ is formed from the combustion of Octane

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Which of these is a consequence of global warming to our oceans? (choose all that apply)

• Acidification: Ocean is becoming more acidic.

• Sea level is rising due to land ice melting.

• Coral bleaching which results in them dying.

• Animals are getting strangled by plastic 6 pack rings.

Which describes an estuary?

• A large body of fresh water.

• A large body of salt water.

• The wide, lower course of a river where fresh and salt water mix.

Where does most fresh water exist?

• ice caps, lakes, and streams

• glaciers, rivers, and oceans

• aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers

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How much of the earth's water is freshwater?

• 50 %

• 3 %

• 97 %

• 93 %

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Ocean's cover what percent of the Earth's surface?

• 70 %

• 60 %

• 10 %

• none of the above

Water that stands or flows across the Earth’s surface.

• Groundwater

• Surface water

• Runoff

• Divide

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The movement of water from the earth and into the atmosphere

• Percolation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Hydrologic Cycle

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All the land in which water flows on or under into a major river

• Runoff

• River Basin

• River System

• Tributaries

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