Earth Systems Interaction - Water Cycle

Earth Systems Interaction

Multiple Choice

Which of the following subsystem consists of water on Earth?

• Atmosphere

• Biosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Lithosphere

Transpiration

When we are hot, we perspire. When plants are hot, they transpire.

Multiple Choice

Water vapor forms in the garden. The water is coming from plants and soil in the garden. Which process is happening?

• perspiration

• evapotranspiration

• transpiration

• condensation

Multiple Choice

Later in the day, clouds start to form in the sky. Which of the following best explains this phenomenon?

• Condensation, water vapor cools into liquid water

• Condensation, liquid water cools and combine into clouds

• Evaporation, water vapor rises into the sky

• Evaporation, liquid water heats up into water vapor

Multiple Choice

A cloud is part of Earth's _________.

• Atmosphere

• Lithosphere

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

Multiple Choice

As the clouds move away, it got darker and darker. Not long after, water droplets start to fall from it.

1. What do you call this process?

2. Why does the droplets fall?

• 1. Melting. The water molecules are losing energy and therefore, falls from the atmosphere.

• 1. Precipitation

  2. The water droplets are too heavy to float as clouds so they fall.

• 1. Precipitation.

  2. All droplets fall back to Earth.

As water reaches the ground...

runoff: water flows on the surface of the lithosphere

infiltration: water flows vertically from above ground to subsurface, a major source of groundwater

seepage: slow horizontal movement of water across soil or building material

Multiple Choice

Shortly after the rain falls down onto the mountains,

1. what will most likely happens?

2. what becomes of the water?

• 1. The water start to infiltrate into the ground.

  2. Groundwater

• 1. The water runoff into the ground.

  2. Groundwater

• 1. The water seep into the plants.

  2. Plant roots

• 1. The liquid evaporate into gas or water vapor.

  2. Clouds

Multiple Choice

Meanwhile in California, part of the hydrosphere is __________ into the cryosphere.

• frozen

• melted

• iced up

• sublimed

Water

The hydrosphere is made of freshwater or varying concentration of saltwater.

Multiple Choice

Of all the water on Earth, _____ is fresh water.

• 97%

• 0.5%

• 10%

• 3%

Multiple Choice

Human consumption of water depends on the following sources EXCEPT

• groundwater

• seawater

• reservoirs

• asteroids

Multiple Choice

Rocks, mountains, valleys, and sandy beaches are examples of

• hydrosphere

• atmosphere

• biosphere

• lithosphere

Multiple Choice

Ice caps forming over Mt. Fuji is an interaction between

• atmosphere and biosphere

• biosphere and lithosphere

• hydrosphere and lithosphere

• atmosphere and lithosphere

Multiple Choice

Temperature starts to increase as summer approaches. You see the snow getting lesser on the mountain. Yet, there is no water pooling on the ground. What process is happening to the snow?

• condensation, water molecules are getting closer, making the snow looks less

• infiltration, water molecules in the snow entering the soil

• sublimation, water molecules in the solid snow rise up into the atmosphere as vapor

• evaporation, water molecules molecules in the liquid snow rise up into the atmosphere as vapor