1. What proportion of the Earth\'s surface water is fresh water found in streams

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1. What proportion of the Earth's surface water is fresh water found in streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground-water reservoirs? A) 50 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 5 percent
D) less than 1 percent
2. Ground water A) is easy to clean up once it is polluted
B) provides drinking water for more than half the population of North America
C) seeps upward into desert streams
D) is an infinite resource
3. Sedimentary rocks are A) generally less porous than igneous rocks.
B) generally more porous than igneous rocks
C) equally porous as igneous rocks
D) less likely to contain ground water than igneous rocks
4. An aquifer is: A) usually found in unfractured igneous and metamorphic rock
B) porous but not permeable
C) both porous and permeable
D) permeable but not porous
5. Which of the following is not a problem in ground water pollution? A) Plant nutrients cause algal blooms
B) Industrial wastes contaminate water in wells
C) Sewage pollutes water in wells
D) Gasoline from underground tanks seeps into rock and soil
6. A biodegradable pollutant A) can be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
B) cannot be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
C) contains bio-accumulative toxic chemicals
D) contains PCB's
7. The salinity of the oceans has been relatively constant throughout geologic time because salt is removed at the same rate at which it has been added A) True
B) False
8. What is one of the factors that controls whether water will become surface runoff or groundwater A) Porosity of the rock
B) The amount of water pollution
C) How fast the water is flowing
D) How close the water is to the ocean
9. Identify which of the following statements concerning seawater is correct. A. True B. False
ABSeawater contains dissolved gases, such as carbon dioxide ABThe temperature of seawater is the same from top to bottom ABThe salt in seawater is brought in from fresh water rivers
1. What proportion of the Earth's surface water is fresh water found in streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground-water reservoirs? A) 50 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 5 percent
D) less than 1 percent
2. Ground water A) is easy to clean up once it is polluted
B) provides drinking water for more than half the population of North America
C) seeps upward into desert streams
D) is an infinite resource
3. Sedimentary rocks are A) generally less porous than igneous rocks.
B) generally more porous than igneous rocks
C) equally porous as igneous rocks
D) less likely to contain ground water than igneous rocks
4. An aquifer is: A) usually found in unfractured igneous and metamorphic rock
B) porous but not permeable
C) both porous and permeable
D) permeable but not porous
5. Which of the following is not a problem in ground water pollution? A) Plant nutrients cause algal blooms
B) Industrial wastes contaminate water in wells
C) Sewage pollutes water in wells
D) Gasoline from underground tanks seeps into rock and soil
6. A biodegradable pollutant A) can be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
B) cannot be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
C) contains bio-accumulative toxic chemicals
D) contains PCB's
7. The salinity of the oceans has been relatively constant throughout geologic time because salt is removed at the same rate at which it has been added A) True
B) False
8. What is one of the factors that controls whether water will become surface runoff or groundwater A) Porosity of the rock
B) The amount of water pollution
C) How fast the water is flowing
D) How close the water is to the ocean
9. Identify which of the following statements concerning seawater is correct. A. True B. False
ABSeawater contains dissolved gases, such as carbon dioxide ABThe temperature of seawater is the same from top to bottom ABThe salt in seawater is brought in from fresh water rivers
1. What proportion of the Earth's surface water is fresh water found in streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground-water reservoirs? A) 50 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 5 percent
D) less than 1 percent
2. Ground water A) is easy to clean up once it is polluted
B) provides drinking water for more than half the population of North America
C) seeps upward into desert streams
D) is an infinite resource
3. Sedimentary rocks are A) generally less porous than igneous rocks.
B) generally more porous than igneous rocks
C) equally porous as igneous rocks
D) less likely to contain ground water than igneous rocks
4. An aquifer is: A) usually found in unfractured igneous and metamorphic rock
B) porous but not permeable
C) both porous and permeable
D) permeable but not porous
5. Which of the following is not a problem in ground water pollution? A) Plant nutrients cause algal blooms
B) Industrial wastes contaminate water in wells
C) Sewage pollutes water in wells
D) Gasoline from underground tanks seeps into rock and soil
6. A biodegradable pollutant A) can be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
B) cannot be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
C) contains bio-accumulative toxic chemicals
D) contains PCB's
7. The salinity of the oceans has been relatively constant throughout geologic time because salt is removed at the same rate at which it has been added A) True
B) False
8. What is one of the factors that controls whether water will become surface runoff or groundwater A) Porosity of the rock
B) The amount of water pollution
C) How fast the water is flowing
D) How close the water is to the ocean
9. Identify which of the following statements concerning seawater is correct. A. True B. False
ABSeawater contains dissolved gases, such as carbon dioxide ABThe temperature of seawater is the same from top to bottom ABThe salt in seawater is brought in from fresh water rivers 1. What proportion of the Earth's surface water is fresh water found in streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground-water reservoirs? A) 50 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 5 percent
D) less than 1 percent
1. What proportion of the Earth's surface water is fresh water found in streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground-water reservoirs? A) 50 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 5 percent
D) less than 1 percent
What proportion of the Earth's surface water is fresh water found in streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground-water reservoirs? 2. Ground water A) is easy to clean up once it is polluted
B) provides drinking water for more than half the population of North America
C) seeps upward into desert streams
D) is an infinite resource
2. Ground water A) is easy to clean up once it is polluted
B) provides drinking water for more than half the population of North America
C) seeps upward into desert streams
D) is an infinite resource
Ground water 3. Sedimentary rocks are A) generally less porous than igneous rocks.
B) generally more porous than igneous rocks
C) equally porous as igneous rocks
D) less likely to contain ground water than igneous rocks
3. Sedimentary rocks are A) generally less porous than igneous rocks.
B) generally more porous than igneous rocks
C) equally porous as igneous rocks
D) less likely to contain ground water than igneous rocks
Sedimentary rocks are 4. An aquifer is: A) usually found in unfractured igneous and metamorphic rock
B) porous but not permeable
C) both porous and permeable
D) permeable but not porous
4. An aquifer is: A) usually found in unfractured igneous and metamorphic rock
B) porous but not permeable
C) both porous and permeable
D) permeable but not porous
An aquifer is: 5. Which of the following is not a problem in ground water pollution? A) Plant nutrients cause algal blooms
B) Industrial wastes contaminate water in wells
C) Sewage pollutes water in wells
D) Gasoline from underground tanks seeps into rock and soil
5. Which of the following is not a problem in ground water pollution? A) Plant nutrients cause algal blooms
B) Industrial wastes contaminate water in wells
C) Sewage pollutes water in wells
D) Gasoline from underground tanks seeps into rock and soil
Which of the following is not a problem in ground water pollution? 6. A biodegradable pollutant A) can be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
B) cannot be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
C) contains bio-accumulative toxic chemicals
D) contains PCB's
6. A biodegradable pollutant A) can be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
B) cannot be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
C) contains bio-accumulative toxic chemicals
D) contains PCB's
A biodegradable pollutant 7. The salinity of the oceans has been relatively constant throughout geologic time because salt is removed at the same rate at which it has been added A) True
B) False
7. The salinity of the oceans has been relatively constant throughout geologic time because salt is removed at the same rate at which it has been added A) True
B) False
The salinity of the oceans has been relatively constant throughout geologic time because salt is removed at the same rate at which it has been added 8. What is one of the factors that controls whether water will become surface runoff or groundwater A) Porosity of the rock
B) The amount of water pollution
C) How fast the water is flowing
D) How close the water is to the ocean
8. What is one of the factors that controls whether water will become surface runoff or groundwater A) Porosity of the rock
B) The amount of water pollution
C) How fast the water is flowing
D) How close the water is to the ocean
What is one of the factors that controls whether water will become surface runoff or groundwater 9. Identify which of the following statements concerning seawater is correct. A. True B. False
ABSeawater contains dissolved gases, such as carbon dioxide ABThe temperature of seawater is the same from top to bottom ABThe salt in seawater is brought in from fresh water rivers 9. Identify which of the following statements concerning seawater is correct. A. True B. False
ABSeawater contains dissolved gases, such as carbon dioxide ABThe temperature of seawater is the same from top to bottom ABThe salt in seawater is brought in from fresh water rivers Identify which of the following statements concerning seawater is correct. ABSeawater contains dissolved gases, such as carbon dioxide ABThe temperature of seawater is the same from top to bottom ABThe salt in seawater is brought in from fresh water rivers 1. What proportion of the Earth's surface water is fresh water found in streams, lakes, wetlands, and ground-water reservoirs? A) 50 percent
B) 25 percent
C) 5 percent
D) less than 1 percent
2. Ground water A) is easy to clean up once it is polluted
B) provides drinking water for more than half the population of North America
C) seeps upward into desert streams
D) is an infinite resource
3. Sedimentary rocks are A) generally less porous than igneous rocks.
B) generally more porous than igneous rocks
C) equally porous as igneous rocks
D) less likely to contain ground water than igneous rocks
4. An aquifer is: A) usually found in unfractured igneous and metamorphic rock
B) porous but not permeable
C) both porous and permeable
D) permeable but not porous
5. Which of the following is not a problem in ground water pollution? A) Plant nutrients cause algal blooms
B) Industrial wastes contaminate water in wells
C) Sewage pollutes water in wells
D) Gasoline from underground tanks seeps into rock and soil
6. A biodegradable pollutant A) can be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
B) cannot be consumed and destroyed by organism in a reasonable amount of time
C) contains bio-accumulative toxic chemicals
D) contains PCB's
7. The salinity of the oceans has been relatively constant throughout geologic time because salt is removed at the same rate at which it has been added A) True
B) False
8. What is one of the factors that controls whether water will become surface runoff or groundwater A) Porosity of the rock
B) The amount of water pollution
C) How fast the water is flowing
D) How close the water is to the ocean
9. Identify which of the following statements concerning seawater is correct. A. True B. False
ABSeawater contains dissolved gases, such as carbon dioxide ABThe temperature of seawater is the same from top to bottom ABThe salt in seawater is brought in from fresh water rivers

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