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    Multiple Choice. Choose the letter of the best answer.

    Write the chosen


    letter on a separate sheet of paper.

    1. This is the largest reservoir of fresh water in the earth


    A. Aquifer in the underground
    B. Glaciers in the polar ice
    C. Wide Pacific Ocean
    D. The vastness of clouds

    2. Much of Earth's water supply likely originated from


    A. icy comets and planetesimals debris.
    B. gases expelled from the Sun, i.e., solar wind.
    C. respiration of early organisms.
    D. Photosynthesis
    3. Water covers approximately ________ of Earth's surface.
    A. 50 percent B. 25 percent
    C. 90 percent D. 71 percent

    4. Which of the following best describes the distribution of water on


    Earth?
    A. Water is evenly distributed across Earth.
    B. Most of the Pacific Ocean and Indian Ocean comprise the so-
    called "water hemisphere."
    C. The Atlantic is the largest ocean basin on Earth.
    D. Most of Earth's water is freshwater and is predominately stored in
    the many lakes around the world.
    5. The largest portion of fresh water today is located indo this matter
    observed?
    A. clouds
    B. ice caps and glaciers.
    C. groundwater resources
    D. the major rivers and lakes of the world.

    6. In the water budget, ________ is the major receipt and ________ is


    the major expenditure.
    A. insolation; radiative cooling
    B. precipitation; evapotranspiration
    C. outgassing; dissociation
    D. evapotranspiration; precipitation
    7. Actual evapotranspiration refers to
    A. surplus subtracted from precipitation total.
    B. the amount of evapotranspiration that would occur if available water
    was not limited.
    C. surplus subtracted from potential evapotranspiration.
    D. the amount of water that returns to the atmosphere through
    evapotranspiration.

    8. In the United States, most precipitation falls?


    A. in the Northwest and Southeast.
    B. in the southwestern and north-central areas.
    C. in the Central Plains.
    D. along the Rocky Mountain Range.
    9. Which of the following is not an example of a potential surface water
    resource?
    A. artificial lakes
    B. rivers C. aquifers
    D. wetlands

    10. Approximately what percent of the world's irrigation water is from


    groundwater?
    A. 5 percent C. 15 percent
    B. 25 percent D. 80 percent
    11. The main source of groundwater is?
    A. hygroscopic water in the soil.
    B. precipitation that percolates downward as gravitational water.
    C. surface water where it intersects the zone of recharge.
    D. outgassing from deep within Earth's interior.

    12. Approximately ________ people worldwide lack safe drinking water.


    A. 100 million C. 500 million B. 500,000 D. 1 billion
    13. Which of the following is a potential source of groundwater
    pollution?
    A. septic tanks C. pesticides and fertilizers
    B. disposal sites D. All of the above

    14. The process that removes organic compounds, debris, and salinity
    from seawater, brackish water, and saline groundwater is known as?
    A. consumptive use. C. Desalination B. Non-consumptive use. D.
    instream use.
    15. Which of the following is not considered an issue pertaining to
    water resources in the future

    A. Growing populations will continue to exploit water resources.


    B. Regional drought will increase pressure on groundwater resources.
    C. Pollution will limit the water-resource base.
    D. Desalination will exacerbate dwindling freshwater supplies.
    6 Human Activities that Pose the Biggest
    Threat to the World’s Drinking Water
    Agriculture
    Fossil Fuel Production
    Sewage
    Pharmaceuticals
    Development(Deforestation)
    Climate Change
    Agriculture
    Fossil Fuel Production
    FRACKING - the process of injecting liquid at high pressure into
    subterranean rocks, boreholes, etc. so as to force open existing fissures
    and extract oil or gas.
    Sewage
    Pharmaceuticals
    Development
    Climate Change
    HOMEWORK (Oct 15, Friday)
    1. Among the 6 threats, which threat progresses slow and fast?
    Why?
    2. Which one has biggest and the least impact to water? Why?

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