Aquatic Science unit #9 question n answers graded A+ 2023/2024

Aquatic Science unit #9What does the term headwaters mean? - correct answer the beginning of a river Another word for watershed is ____. - correct answer drainage basins What does the term unsaturated zone mean? - correct answer the area of an aquifer that contains both air and water between the spaces of the rocks What does the term saturated zone mean? - correct answer the area of an aquifer in which water completely fills the spaces in between the rocks ____________ can cause algae blooms and deplete oxygen levels. - correct answer Fertilizing Why is groundwater so important? - correct answer Most of the world's drinking water comes from groundwater located in aquifers. What determines how fast an aquifer will recharge? Select all that apply. - correct answer depends on the type of aquifer depends on the amount of rock _____________ lowers the levels of streams, which can cause fish to die. - correct answer Irrigation biomagnification - correct answer the process of toxins and other materials accumulating inside organisms as they are transferred through a food chain Once sewage goes through the first stage of filtering, it immediately goes _____. - correct answer to be transferred to pipes where is delivered to homes as drinking water What does the term confluence mean? - correct answer two rivers join What is a watershed moment? - correct answer generally refers to a critical point in history; these points in history have a broad effect, flowing down from that moment in time to the present and future society as a whole What does the term headwaters mean? - correct answer the beginning of a river An artesian aquifer is a(n) __________ aquifer with a lot of pressure. - correct answer confined What is a watershed? - correct answer a region of land where all the water is drained into the same water body What is a reservoir? - correct answer a natural or artificial place that stores water What does the term aquifer mean? - correct answer an underground rock formation that is able to hold groundwater What does the term mouth mean? - correct answer the place where a stream or river meets an ocean The shape and contours of watersheds are determined by ____________. - correct answer topography What does the term recharge mean? - correct answer process of water accumulating in an aquifer through precipitation and infiltration