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The document contains a multiple choice quiz about water and ocean topics with 10 questions, 5 true/false statements, and 3 matching exercises about water cycle, aquatic zones, and ancient oceans. It also has blanks to fill in about the breakup of Pangea and life zones, and an identification section. The quiz covers topics such as water uses, water pollution sources, ancient oceans, and the water cycle.

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Multiple Choice

The document contains a multiple choice quiz about water and ocean topics with 10 questions, 5 true/false statements, and 3 matching exercises about water cycle, aquatic zones, and ancient oceans. It also has blanks to fill in about the breakup of Pangea and life zones, and an identification section. The quiz covers topics such as water uses, water pollution sources, ancient oceans, and the water cycle.

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Maryjoy Paladan
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Multiple Choice. Encircle the letter that corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Which of the following is not an in-stream use of water? (1 POINT)


a. Dams
b. Navigation
c. Recreation
d. Watering plants
2. An underground reservoir is called a/an_____. (1 POINT)
a. Artesian well
b. Aquifer
c. Dam
d. Water table
3. Acids, salts, and metals are examples of______. (1 POINT)
a. Inorganic chemicals
b. Organic chemicals
c. Oxygen-demanding waste
d. Sediments
4. Which of the following is not a biological agent of waterborne disease? (1 POINT)
a. Bacteria
b. Parasites
c. Silt
d. Viruses
5. The biggest use of water worldwide comes from______. (1 POINT)
a. Agriculture
b. Domestic
c. Industrial
d. In-stream
6. Which is not a basis in classifying ocean habitats? (1 POINT)
a. depth of ocean
b. type of ocean bed
c. size of marine organism
d. amount of sunlight received
7. The ancient ocean that surrounded the supercontinent Pangea is known as_____. (1 POINT)
a. Eurasia
b. Gondwana
c. Laurasia
d. Panthalassa
8. The process of removing dissolved salts from ocean water to increase freshwater supply is
called_____. (1 POINT)
a. Degradation
b. desalination
c. pollution
d. salinization
9. Water covers about _____ of Earth’s surface. (1 POINT)
a. 50%
b. 60%
c. 70%
d. 80%
10. All are nonpoint sources of water pollution except______. (1 POINT)
a. factory discharge
b. fertilizers
c. oil spills
d. pesticides

True or False. Modified.


________1. The agricultural industry consumes the most water, requiring more than 100 times that of
an average person’s needs.
________2. The supercontinent Pangea was once surrounded by an ancient ocean known as Eurasia.
________3. Nonpoint source pollutants come from an identifiable source such as those discharged by
factories.
________4. Pollution can be point source, nonpoint source, or transboundary pollution.
________5. Water pollution refers to the contamination of bodies of water brought about mostly by
human activities.

Matching Type.

____1. Refers to the area where rivers meet the open sea. A. Nektons
____2. Refers to an ecosystem were freshwater or saltwater B. Open Sea surface
and land meet. C. precipitation
____3. Has warm and nutrient-rich waters that extend near D. Wetland
the shallow edge of the continental shelf. E. water cycle
____4. It extends from the end of the continental shelf to the F. estuaries
vast region of the ocean where no land is in sight. G. potable water
____5. Known as the unpolluted water that is suitable for drinking. H. decomposers
____6. Strong swimmers, which include turtles, fish, squids, or I. Paleo-Pacific
sharks. J. coastal zone
____7. It continually circulates between and among the oceans,
Air, land, and all livings in a process called ____.
____8. Panthalassa is also called_____.
____9. The mostly bacteria that degrade organic compounds from
dead bodies and waste of aquatic organisms.
____10. Rain, hail, or snow that eventually fall back to Earth.
Fill in the blanks. (1 point each)

About 175 Ma, it began to drift apart eventually forming northern continents known as 1. _____ and
southern continents called 2. ______. The super continent was surrounded by a single enormous ocean,
3. ______. Panthalassa is also called 4. ______ (Old Pacific) because the Pacific Ocean developed from it
during the Mesozoic era. In ancient times, the Pacific Ocean encompassed the north and west, while its
branch, the 5. _______, surrounded the southeast.
The 6. ______ is a shallow zone near the shore where aquatic plants live among predatory insects,
amphibians, and small fish. The 7. ______ refers to the area that is farther from the shore but is still
close to the surface. The 8. ______ is a deep-water zone located below the range of effective light
penetration.
Aquatic life zones are divided into 9. _______ , those with little dissolved salts; and 10._______ , those
with high salt concentration.

Identification.

_______1. Plants lose water vapor through their leaves in a process called?
_______2. The process of movement and filtration of rainwater into several of soil and porous rocks.

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