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MATCHING - In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description. ______ 1. Mississippi River______ 2. area above an aquifer______ 3. bottled water______ 4. bacteria______ 5. multiple sources______ 6. fertilizer runoff______ 7. law designed to improve water quality______ 8. surface water that percolates through soil a. pathogenb. recharge zonec. nonpoint-source pollutiond. potablee. watershedf. artificial eutrophicationg. 1972 Clean Water Acth. groundwater
MULTIPLE CHOICE - In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes each statement or best answers each question. ______ 9. Ninety-seven percent of the world’s water resources are found ina. fresh water. c. icecaps and glaciers.b. salt water. d. groundwater. ______10. Earth’s surface water is found ina. lakes. c. streams.b. rivers. d. All of the above ______11. Most of the oil that pollutes the ocean comes froma. operating boats and personal watercraft.b. spills from oil tankers.c. runoff from cities and towns.d. leaking underground storage facilities. ______12. The three major global uses of fresh water area. manufacturing goods, wastewater disposal, and irrigation.b. drinking, bathing, and growing crops.c. drinking, manufacturing goods, and generating power.d. residential, agricultural, and industrial uses. ______13. What is the purpose of adding alum to water during the water treatment process?a. to filter and remove large organisms and trashb. to form flocs that bacteria and other impurities will cling toc. to prevent bacterial growthd. to remove unwanted gases ______14. How is fresh water used in industry?a. in manufacturing processesb. in the disposal of waste productsc. to generate powerd. all of the above ______15. Many areas of the world that do not have adequate fresh water have become habitable becausea. rainfall patterns have changed.b. water management projects have diverted water to the areas.c. icebergs have been towed in to provide fresh water.d. people have practiced water conservation. ______16. A hole that is dug into the ground to obtain fresh water is calleda. the recharge zone.b. a well.c. an aquifer.d. a watershed. ______17. Which of the following is one way that a person can conserve water?a. Take a bath instead of a shower.b. Wash laundry in small, partial loads.c. Use a low-flow shower head to take short showers.d. Water the lawn daily and at mid-day. ______18. Which of the following is a source of point-pollution?a. unlined landfillb. runoff from city streetsc. precipitation containing air pollutiond. runoff from farms ______19. Animal feces would be classified as which type of water pollutant?a. pathogensb. organic matterc. inorganic chemicalsd. heavy metals ______20. Polluted groundwater is difficult to clean up becausea. groundwater is deep in the ground and dispersed through large areas of rock.b. pollutants cling to the materials that make up the aquifer and contaminate the clean water.c. the recycling process of groundwater can take hundreds or thousands of years.d. All of the above
MULTIPLE CHOICE - In the space provided, write the letter of the term or phrase that best completes each statement or best answers each question. ______ 9. Ninety-seven percent of the world’s water resources are found ina. fresh water. c. icecaps and glaciers.b. salt water. d. groundwater. ______10. Earth’s surface water is found ina. lakes. c. streams.b. rivers. d. All of the above ______11. Most of the oil that pollutes the ocean comes froma. operating boats and personal watercraft.b. spills from oil tankers.c. runoff from cities and towns.d. leaking underground storage facilities. ______12. The three major global uses of fresh water area. manufacturing goods, wastewater disposal, and irrigation.b. drinking, bathing, and growing crops.c. drinking, manufacturing goods, and generating power.d. residential, agricultural, and industrial uses. ______13. What is the purpose of adding alum to water during the water treatment process?a. to filter and remove large organisms and trashb. to form flocs that bacteria and other impurities will cling toc. to prevent bacterial growthd. to remove unwanted gases ______14. How is fresh water used in industry?a. in manufacturing processesb. in the disposal of waste productsc. to generate powerd. all of the above ______15. Many areas of the world that do not have adequate fresh water have become habitable becausea. rainfall patterns have changed.b. water management projects have diverted water to the areas.c. icebergs have been towed in to provide fresh water.d. people have practiced water conservation. ______16. A hole that is dug into the ground to obtain fresh water is calleda. the recharge zone.b. a well.c. an aquifer.d. a watershed. ______17. Which of the following is one way that a person can conserve water?a. Take a bath instead of a shower.b. Wash laundry in small, partial loads.c. Use a low-flow shower head to take short showers.d. Water the lawn daily and at mid-day. ______18. Which of the following is a source of point-pollution?a. unlined landfillb. runoff from city streetsc. precipitation containing air pollutiond. runoff from farms ______19. Animal feces would be classified as which type of water pollutant?a. pathogensb. organic matterc. inorganic chemicalsd. heavy metals ______20. Polluted groundwater is difficult to clean up becausea. groundwater is deep in the ground and dispersed through large areas of rock.b. pollutants cling to the materials that make up the aquifer and contaminate the clean water.c. the recycling process of groundwater can take hundreds or thousands of years.d. All of the above
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