EVR Chapter 12

Which of the following groups is least likely to support the use of offshore oil rigs as artificial reefs?

If offshore oil rigs are used as artificial reefs in California, which of the following is most likely?

Which of the following is the biggest reason oil companies approve of using offshore oil rigs as artificial reefs?

You are a marine biologist interested in learning more about the use of rigs as artificial reefs. Which of the following places would be best for you to see how well this process works?

If rigs-to-reefs gains popularity in California, which of the following will most likely be true?

One reasonable way to prevent sinkholes might be to ________.

Which of the following statements is true?

What is the spatial relationship between the distributions of water and people?

Humans use more fresh water for ________ than for any other purpose.

Pathogens and waterborne diseases enter drinking water supplies from ________.

The fish in the lake at the local park are dying, and a professor from the local college comes to investigate. First, she measures the levels of dissolved oxygen in order to check for ________.

Which of the following statements about Earth's fresh water is true?

It is the second longest river in the world and responsible for about 20 percent of the freshwater that flows into the world's oceans.

The La Plata River Basin includes the _____ river.

The Amazon River Dolphin inhabits both the Amazon and Orinoco Rivers. What is the climate in the region of the Orinoco?

The source of the Amazon River is the Peruvian Andes in this part of the mountain range.

The Negro River is the largest blackwater river in the world. "Blackwater" refers to the fact that it is a deep river that flows slowly through forested swamps and wetlands, with dark-colored waters as a result of tannins that are leached out of decaying vegetation. What country does this blackwater river flow through?

What does the Murphree Water Treatment Plant use to disinfect the water?

What federal agency regulates the bottled water industry?

Which of the following is considered to be the safest drinking water source?

What is the next frontier in the drinking water industry?

Once a groundwater supply is contaminated with marine water, how long will it remain contaminated?

What are the two types of aquifers?

Sinkholes can result from ________.

Ocean water is 96.5% water by mass. Most of the remainder consists of __________.

"Biosolids" produced at a wastewater treatment plant are often ________.

Classify each pollutant based on the category that best describes its impact on waterways.

Which is the correct term to describe fish and other ocean organisms that are caught accidentally along with the targeted fish?

Currently, the greatest ecological crisis facing marine food webs is ________.

Which of the following is a systematic shift in atmospheric pressure, sea surface temperature, and ocean circulation patterns in the tropical Pacific Ocean that alters weather patterns on a worldwide scale?

Freshwater wetlands provide important ecosystem services, including ________.

Which of the following is a nonconsumptive use of water as a resource?

What can be concluded from the graph? Select all that apply.

How could this data be best represented graphically?

The following graphs represent the future projections from Part B. Drag the labels to their appropriate locations on the graphs.

Drag the terms on the left to the appropriate blanks on the right to complete the sentences.

Drag "True" or "False" to the end of each statement.

____________ is the rising of deep, cold, dense water toward the surface.

For the strategies below, decide whether they are best described as demand-side solutions or supply-side solutions to meeting human needs for fresh water. Remember that a demand-side solution reduces demand for fresh water, whereas a supply-side solution increases the supply of fresh water. Drag each description to the appropriate bin.

What is the direct cause of death for aquatic animals during eutrophication?

A watershed is ________.

According to the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the number of human-induced sinkholes has doubled since 1930. Insurance claims increased 1200% from 1987 to 1991, costing nearly $100 million. A major reason for this is ________.

Upwelling ________.

What does the y-axis show?

What does the red graph line represent?

After 20 years, how much plant biomass does a restored wetland contain?

After 55 years, how does the capacity of a restored wetland to absorb nutrients compare to that of a natural wetland?

Is the following statement supported or not supported by the data shown in the graph? Most of the productivity of a wetland can be restored within 50 years, but it takes much longer to restore soil fertility.

Natural wetlands provide many ecosystem services. When a wetland is restored, which of the following ecosystem services returns most rapidly?

Is the following statement supported or not supported by the data shown in the graph? The restoration of a wetland takes about 100 years.

The exceptionally strong warming of the eastern Pacific is referred to as ________.

Many present-day fisheries managers ________.

What is the most cost-effective solution for groundwater depletion and land-level subsidence?

The area that underlies the shallow water bordering continents is called the ________.

Which of the following wetland environments only occurs for a short period of time each year?

Water currents along the coastline of Chile pull up deep water that is __________.

The largest fishery on Earth, located along the west coast of Chile, consists of __________.

In which one of the following locations is the ocean current flowing from the north toward the equator?

A boat floating along the eastern shore of Florida is expected to drift __________.

Which of the following will contribute to water conservation?

What caused the Aral Sea, the fourth largest lake on Earth, to lose four-fifths of its volume in 40 years?

What type of coastal feature experiences fluctuations in salinity with daily and seasonal variations?

The region of a lake where plants are able to attach to the bottom and still reach above the surface is known as the __________.

Water bodies where rivers flow into the oceans, mixing fresh water with saltwater, are called ________.

Which of the following types of pollution is most responsible for large numbers of deaths worldwide because of unsafe drinking water?

Thomas Flint and Christine Stallard cite multiple benefits of dams. Which of the following statements represents their primary argument for the importance of dams?

Sara Nicholas presents the case for dam removal by offering a variety of reasons. Which of the following reasons is her primary argument for removing dams?

Which of the following environmental concerns do both essay discuss?

The essay in support of dam removal avoids one key environmental benefit touted by dam advocates. If the authors were participating in a debate, how might dam advocates state this benefit?

You are part of a panel that reviews dam permits for renewal. Your panel hears testimony from both pro-dam and pro-dam removal advocates. Which of the following scenarios is least likely to be controversial?

What technology is used to extract freshwater from ocean water?

The following answers for the Causes and Consequences features are examples and are not intended to represent a comprehensive list. In addition, the sequence of items is not meant to connote relative importance. Sort the examples below into the appropriate bin.

Most of Earth's liquid fresh water is found ________.

What is a marine protected area?

Zooxanthellae are ________.

A septic system is ________.

The following answers for the Causes and Consequences features are examples and are not intended to represent a comprehensive list. In addition, the sequence of items is not meant to connote relative importance. Sort the examples below into the appropriate bin.

As a result of humans' increased use of the water in the Colorado River, __________.

In the past 50 years, the global hydrological environment has experienced great change due to __________.

Which of the following is a promising way to reduce global water consumption?

All of the following are examples of point sources of pollution except ________

Which term describes a regular periodic change to the ocean's height due to the gravitational influence of the moon and the sun?

The rapid melting of Greenland's ice cap could disrupt the NADW formation by ________.

If the captain of a fishing fleet wanted to catch fish over a vast expanse of ocean, which of the following would be an effective method to do so?

What is the name of an area of land that is drained by a river and all of its tributaries?

Which of the following best describes a floodplain?

Recent research that analyzed the content of commercial bottled water indicates that ________.

Precipitation that falls on Earth's surface ________.

We build dams to ________.

Oceans have absorbed approximately one-third of the excess carbon dioxide that humans have added to Earth's atmosphere so far. This has slowed the progression of global climate change, but it has led to ________.

The Earth's atmosphere is composed mostly of ________.

What information is given on the x-axis?

What does the red line represent?

What was the temperature at 9:00 A.M. on Day 1?

Which day had the greatest range in temperature?

What is the best description of the relative humidity between 9:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M. on Day 1?

In which part of Days 1 and 2 was the humidity lowest?

When was it most likely to have been foggy?

Most water taken out of the natural world is used for __________.