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Environmental Science Water Usage
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9th grade college prep Env. Sci.
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1
Which of the following describes how acid deposition occurs?
Carbon monoxide mixes with water vapor
Methane and carbon dioxide mix with water vapor
Nitrates and phosphates mix with water vapor
Sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide mix with water vapor
2
Identify the 5 year period where the groundfish harvest
increases
the most.
1970 - 1975
1975 - 1980
1965 - 1970
1980 - 1985
3
This stage in the water cycle describes when solids change into a gaseous form
Sublimation
Transpiration
Evaporation
Condensation
4
Which stage of the hydrologic cycle does acid rain occur?
Condensation
Transpiration
Evaporation
Precipitation
5
Which of the following is an example of
transpiration
?
A snowman melts
Cactus release water vapor from its stoma
School closes for icy roads and freezing rain
Storm clouds form
6
Which of the following human activities impacts earth's water supply the
least
?
Agriculture
Energy production
Lifestyle (showering, drinking water, etc.)
Manufacturing and consumer goods
7
Which commercial fishing technique is shown below?
Long line
Drift net
Sonar
Bottom trawling
8
Which of the following percentages represents earth's fresh water?
97.5
0.63
2.5
1.87
9
Which of the following is NOT a way governments set limits on fishing in international waters?
Marine reserves are established and allow ecosystems to recover.
Governments control how, when, and where boats can harvest fish.
Tax breaks from the government are given in exchange for by-catch
Certain equipment is banned (such as bottom trawling).
10
Which of the following percentages represents earth's glaciers and polar ice caps?
97.5
1.87
0.63
2.5
11
When dead zones form, what causes the dissolved oxygen to decrease?
Fish use up the dissolved oxygen trying to escape
Algae absorbs the oxygen
Agricultural runoff absorbs the oxygen
Bacteria uses the oxygen during decomposition
12
Which commercial fishing technique is shown below?
Bottom trawling
Drift net
Sonar
Long line
13
Which of the following is an example of virtual (indirect) water use?
Drinking
Cooking
Clothing
Showering
14
Which of the following best describes a
dead zone
?
An area to dump bycatch
Brackish water with a high concentration of salt
Bodies of water with very little dissolved oxygen
Heavily polluted water that is toxic to marine organisms
15
Which commercial fishing technique experiences the
least
bycatch?
Sonar
Drift net
Bottom trawling
Long line
16
Based on the data, overall groundfish harvest is...
No specific pattern
Remaining the same
Decreasing
Increasing
17
What two nutrients are involved in
eutrophication
?
Ozone and ammonia
Nitrates and phosphates
Sulfur dioxide and mercury
Methane and carbon dioxide
