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Hydrosphere 2020
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1
Estuaries are important to our ecosystems because...
They decrease the amount of salt in the ocean.
The plants act as a natural buffer removing pollutants from the water.
They provide a place for fishing.
2
Which of the following are important for marine ecosystems?
Light and Nutirents
Photosynthetic organisms and freshwater
Light and chemosynthetic bacteria
Nutrients and freshwater
3
River Basins are...
Area of land that drains into a river.
The land at the mouth of the river.
Where rivers create estuaries and marshes.
Caused by river flooding.
4
Which well is placed properly?
Right
Left
5
River Basins are smaller than Watersheds.
False
True
6
We use satellite imagery to study the hydrosphere since it gives us maximum coverage.
False
True
7
What challenge do we have to overcome when studying the deep ocean?
Increased salinity
Warmer Temperatures
High Pressure
Underwater Mountain Ranges
8
Why does most of our oxygen come from the ocean?
Plants are found in the photic zone in the deep ocean.
Plants are found in the aphotic zone at the surface.
Plants are found in the photic zone at the surface.
9
Where can we find the most DRINKABLE water?
Ocean
Aquifers
Ice
Glacier
10
Where can we find chemosynthetic bacteria?
Intertidal Zone
Photic Zone
Hydrothermal Vents
Neritic Zone
11
Dissolved oxygen comes from plants in the ocean.
True
False
12
Which ocean zone is described as: "Sunlight increase plant growth and provides food for organisms."
Intertidal Zone
Open Ocean
Neritic Zone
13
Which of the following techniques maps the ocean floor using sound waves?
Sonar
Submersibles
Scuba
14
The rocks and soil do NOT filter water as it enters the aquifer.
False
True
15
Which of the following rain patterns will cause the water table to drop in the aquifer?
Fast Rain for a long period of time
Fast Rain for a short period of time
Slow Steady Rain
Drought
16
Bioluminescence is light created by organisms that live in the aphotic zone.
False
True
17
Upwellings are important because...
They bring warmer water to the surface and
They bring less nutrient rich water to the surface.
They bring nutrients up to the surface which brings fish.
They bring cold water up to the surface.
