- 1. Which of the following has the most salt?
A) Oceans
B) Ogallala Aquifer
C) Missouri River
D) Dead Sea
- 2. Which of the following are not a cause of waves or tides?
A) Fish
B) Moon
C) Wind
D) Earthquakes
- 3. Changes in water temperature can affect the speed and direction of these.
A) Tides
B) Earthquakes
C) Currents
D) Waves
- 4. When water changes from a gas to a liquid, this is called...
A) Sublimation
B) Condensation
C) Evaporation
D) Precipitation
- 5. When water changes from a liquid to a gas, this is called...
A) Condensation
B) Condensation
C) Evaporation
D) Precipitation
- 6. The melting point of water (from a solid to a liquid) is this...
A) 0 degrees Farenheit
B) 100 degrees Celsius
C) 100 degrees Farenheit
D) 0 degrees Celsius
- 7. The amount of salt in ocean water is about...
A) 13%
B) 0%
C) 33%
D) 3.5%
- 8. The boiling point of water is...
A) 0 degrees Farenheit
B) 100 degrees Celsius
C) 0 degrees Celsius
D) 100 degrees Farenheit
- 9. Tides are caused by the...
A) Gravity from the moon and sun
B) Earth's own gravity
C) Wind
D) Gravity from other solar systems
- 10. If something floats on water it is...
A) highly dense
B) buoyant
C) flat
D) a solid
- 11. Most rivers and lakes have...
A) Less than 1% salt
B) 13% salt
C) 3% salt
D) 33% salt
- 12. A huge wave caused by an earthquake under the ocean is called...
A) Tsunami
B) Wave shaterrer
C) Gumilla
D) Sublimation
- 13. Which of the following could cause water pollution?
A) Putting fertilizer on your lawn
B) An oil spill in the ocean
C) Dumping your trash off of a boat
D) All of them could cause pollution
- 14. Why would people start pulling their blankets away from the beach as it becomes evening?
A) summer tide
B) low tide
C) land sharks
D) high tide
E) neep tide
- 15. What is something you could do (realistically) that would help prevent water pollution?
A) Recycle
B) Jump up and down 5000 times
C) Stop Flushing the Toilet
D) Stop using all products with oil.
- 16. What is the name of the area where lots of trash has accumulated in the Ocean
A) Great Atlantic Garbage Patch
B) Great Pacific Garbage Patch
C) Great Indian Garbage Patch
D) Great Arctic Garbage Patch
- 17. Which of the following pictures most clearly represents a watershed as we discussed it in class?
A) Picture A
B) Picture C
C) Picture B
D) Picture D
- 18. Describe why fertilizer can cause so many problems for plants and animals thousands of miles away from where the fertilizer was spread.
- 19. How might humans be affected by all the trash in the ocean?
- 20. Which gas, given off by animals, cars, and power plants is absorbed by the ocean - making it more acidic?
A) CO2 (carbon dioxide)
B) CH4 (Methane)
C) H2O2 (Hydrogen Peroxide)
D) O2 (Oxygen)
- 21. Peru is a country close to the equator, but it is not as hot as other countries that are similarly close to the equator. Explain why Peru is cooler than other countries.
- 22. When most the oxygen in an ocean area is removed, this occurs.
A) Fish bonanza
B) Watershed
C) Dead zone
D) Garbage Patch
- 23. An inland body of water that has salt is called a...
A) Pond
B) Sea
C) River
D) Estuary
E) Lake
- 24. What causes the biggest types of waves?
A) Moon's gravity
B) Sun's gravity
C) Wind
D) Moon and sun's gravity
- 25. The highest tides of the year are found during...
A) Neep Tide
B) Summer Tide
C) Spring tide
D) Winter Tide
- 26. A large underground source of water is called...
A) symbosis
B) an aquifer
C) a water bank
D) a viaduct
- 27. Which of these is not part of the Mississippi River watershed?
A) Arkansas
B) Missouri
C) Ohio
D) Rio Grande
- 28. Describe two ways that an ocean food chain could be harmed.
- 29. Write a conclusion to our oil spill experiment
- 30. Which aquifer sits underneath Nebraska and Kansas?
A) Ulala
B) Nebransas
C) Kebraska
D) Aksarben
E) Ogallala
- 31. How can you figure out the amount of salt in water?
- 32. Which step of the water filtration process occurs when water is shaken to let air get to it.
A) Disinfection
B) Coagulation
C) Aeration
D) Filtration
E) Sedimentation
- 33. Which step of the water filtration process occurs when pieces of dirt and other materials clump together?
A) Filtration
B) Sedimentation
C) Aeration
D) Coagulation
E) Disinfection
- 34. Which step of the water filtration process occurs when the clumps sink to the bottom?
A) Aeration
B) Coagulation
C) Sedimentation
D) Filtration
E) Disinfection
- 35. Which step of the water filtration process occurs when the bacteria and other micro-organisms are killed?
A) Disinfection
B) Aeration
C) Sedimentation
D) Filtration
E) Coagulation
- 36. Which type of tides are the lowest of the year?
A) Summer
B) Spring
C) Nocturnal
D) Neap
E) Winter
- 37. Which type of tides are the highes of the year?
A) Summer
B) Winter
C) Spring
D) Nocturnal
E) Neap
- 38. Tell which step of the water filtration process we could not use here at school. Why could we not use this step of the process?
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