Understanding The Hydrosphere And How Does IT Impact The Environment.
15 Questions
| Total Attempts: 139
Questions and Answers
- 1.Salt Water is what?
- A.
Water that we drink
- B.
Relating to, living in, located near, or consisting of salt water.
- C.
Freshwater
- 2.About 70 percent of earth is covered by water?
- A.
False
- B.
True
- 3.Which one is most likely is a bottom dweller?
- A.
Shark
- B.
Blue Fish Tuna
- C.
Flounder
- D.
Whale
- 4.Pollution is a harmful waste product that harm the environment
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 5.How much of earth water is salt water?
- A.
About 97.5
- B.
About 70 percent
- C.
About 2.5
- D.
About 1.2 percent
- 6.The oceans formed about 4 to 4.5 billion years ago by the eruption of volcanoes that brought gases up to the earth's surface.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Most ______ comes from the oceans and is returned to the earth as precipitation
- 8.About how many people in the world lack water?
- A.
1.1 billions
- B.
5 millions
- C.
100 millions
- D.
5 billions
- 9.Which is another name for water cycle.
- A.
Hydrologic cycle
- B.
Life cycle
- C.
Food chain
- D.
Food pyramid
- 10.Never a stream’s discharge increase so much that the river channel cannot hold the increased volume of water.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 11.The oceans get saltier due to what?
- A.
Pollution in the ocean
- B.
To the rivers that flow into them
- C.
People swimming in the ocean.
- 12.Can pollution effect people life on a daily basis.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 13.Which one is a natural made lake in the United States?
- A.
Falls Lake
- B.
Hiwassee Dam
- C.
Great Lake
- D.
Hills Creek Reservoir & Hills Creek Dam
- 14.Most evaporation comes from what?
- A.
River
- B.
Ponds
- C.
Ocean
- D.
Lakes
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