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Section 1 - Water Resources
Choose the letter of the
term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | watershed | d. | groundwater | b. | aquifer | e. | recharge zone | c. | river
system |
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underground formation containing groundwater
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area of Earth’s surface where water percolates down into the
aquifer
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water stored under Earth’s surface
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Section 2 - Water Use and Management
Choose the letter
of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | desalination | d. | reservoir | b. | potable | e. | irrigation | c. | pathogen |
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process of removing salt from salt water
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disease-causing organism
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safe to drink
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method of providing water to plants other than by precipitation
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Section 3 - Water Pollution
Choose the letter of the
term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | thermal pollution | d. | artificial
eutrophication | b. | wastewater | e. | water pollution | c. | biomagnification |
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introduction of chemical, physical, or biological agents into water
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accelerated build-up of nutrients caused by humans
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water that contains waste from industry or homes
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Section 2 - Air, Noise, and Light Pollution
Choose the letter of
the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | indoor air pollution | d. | noise
pollution | b. | sick-building syndrome | e. | long-term effects of air pollution | c. | light pollution | f. | short-term effects of air
pollution |
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causes stress, high blood pressure, hearing loss
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emphysema, lung cancer, heart disease
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headache, eye irritation, coughing, bronchitis
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Section 3 - Acid Precipitation
Choose the letter of the term or
phrase that best matches the description.
a. | acid precipitation | d. | pH | b. | acid shock | e. | Canada-U.S. Air Quality
Agreement | c. | acidification | f. | released by soil that is too acidic |
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measure of how acidic or basic a substance is
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an effect of acid precipitation on soil and water
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addresses acid precipitation falling downwind of source
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caused by gases from fossil fuels
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Section 1 – Climate
Choose the letter of the term or phrase
that best matches the description.
a. | latitude | d. | climate | b. | westerlies | e. | density | c. | sulfur
dioxide |
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long-term, prevailing weather conditions at a particular place
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a gas that can reach the upper atmosphere after a large-scale volcanic
eruption
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a belt of prevailing winds
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Section 2 - The Ozone Shield
Choose the letter of the term or
phrase that best matches the description.
a. | polar vortex | d. | ozone
layer | b. | chlorofluorocarbons | e. | phytoplankton | c. | skin cancer |
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strong circulating winds over Antarctica
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single-celled organisms that live near the ocean’s surface
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a class of human-made chemicals that may damage the ozone layer
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Section 3 - Climate Change
In the space provided, write the letter
of the description that best matches the term or phrase.
a. | carbon dioxide | d. | computer
model | b. | zooplankton | e. | global warming | c. | Mauna Loa,
Hawaii |
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an increase in Earth’s average temperature, resulting from increased
greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
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a greenhouse gas released from burning fossil fuels
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a complex set of equations that account for many factors and require a great
number of computations to solve
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Section 2 - Urban Land Use
Choose the letter of the term or phrase
that best matches the description.
a. | urbanization | d. | heat
island | b. | infrastructure | e. | land-use planning | c. | urban sprawl | f. | geographic information
system |
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roads, sewers, transportation systems, schools, and hospitals
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computerized system for sorting,manipulating, and viewing geographic
data
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movement of people from rural areas to cities
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rapid expansion of a city into the surrounding countryside
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Section 3 - Land Management and Conservation
Choose the letter of
the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | overgrazing | d. | wilderness | b. | deforestation | e. | Yellowstone | c. | reforestation | f. | conservation corridor |
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an area protected from exploitation
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allowing more animals to graze in an are a than the area can support
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planting trees to replace those cut down in a forest land
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clearing trees from an area with out replacing them
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Section 1 – Feeding the World
Choose the letter of the term
or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | yield | b. | subsistence
farming | c. | meat | d. | production requires less energy, water, and
land |
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amount of food produced in a given area
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food from plants
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Section 2 - Crops and Soil
Choose the letter of the term or phrase
that best matches the description.
a. | desertification | c. | persistent
pesticide | b. | salinization | d. | pheromone |
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not easily broken down in the environment
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produced by an organism; influences another organism’s behavior
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Section 3 - Animals and Agriculture
Choose the letter of the term
or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | overharvesting | d. | ruminants | b. | aquaculture | e. | domesticated animals | c. | livestock |
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domesticated animals raised on a farm or ranch
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cud-chewing mammals
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raising of aquatic animals for food
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Section 1 – Minerals and Mineral Resources
Choose the letter
of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | ore minerals | d. | compound | b. | gangue minerals | e. | veins | c. | gemstones |
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two or more atoms chemically bonded together
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ore deposits formed in cracks in rocks
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Section 3 - Mining Regulations and Mine Reclamation
Choose the
letter of the term or phrase that best matches the description.
a. | dumps | b. | bond | c. | acid mine drainage | d. | Surface Mining
Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 | e. | Comprehensive Response Compensation and
Liability Act |
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a law that set standards to minimize the surface effects of coal mining on
the environment
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a law that regulates the release of hazardous substances into the air, soil,
and water by mining operations
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