Question

_____ 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 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 in a. fresh water. c. icecaps and glaciers. b. salt water. d. groundwater. _____ 10. Earth’s surface water is found in a. lakes. c. streams. b. rivers. d. All of the above _____ 11. Most of the oil that pollutes the ocean comes from a. 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 are a. 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.

Answer 1

1. Watershed.

2. Recharge zone.

3. Potable.

4. Pathogen.

5. Non-point source pollution.

6. Artificial eutrophication.

7. 1972 Clean Water Act.

8. Ground water.

9. B

10. D

11. C

12. D

Step-by-step explanation:

1. Watershed: Mississippi River. A watershed is a land area or ridge of land that usually sheds or drains water into a specific body of water.

2. Recharge zone: area above an aquifer. This is an area where water is able to infiltrate through a porous, fractured or permeable materials such as rocks, sand, crack basalt, etc.

3. Potable: bottled water. Potability refers to the quality of water that makes it good, safe and healthy for drinking.

4. Pathogen: bacteria.

5. Non-point source pollution: multiple sources.

6. Artificial eutrophication: fertilizer runoff.

7. 1972 Clean Water Act: law designed to improve water quality.

8. Ground water: surface water that percolates through soil.

9. Ninety-seven percent of the world’s water resources are found in: salt water.

10. Earth’s surface water is found in: all of the above (lakes, streams and rivers).

11. Most of the oil that pollutes the ocean comes from: runoff from cities and towns.

12. The three major global uses of fresh water are: residential, agricultural, and industrial uses.