Chapter 7 Water Review

Chapter 7 Water Review

Use this review to prepare for your chapter 7 test test!

Multiple Select

A wave is the movement of PARTICLES through a body of water.

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Evaporation increases the ________ of sea water, since the salt is left behind as the water evaporates.

• marine life

• depth

• salinity

• oxygen

Multiple Choice

The movement of sand along a beach is known as ______________.

• abyssal plain

• sideways drift

• ocean current

• longshore drift

Multiple Choice

Over many years, the levels of nutrients in a lake build up in the process of ______________.

• eutrophication

• deep currents

• surface currents

• divide

Multiple Choice

The energy for the water cycle originally comes from the ___.

• salt

• air

• sun

• beach

Multiple Choice

Designing and building a water purification system is an example of how ___________ has benefited society.

• engineering

• humans

• pollution

• animals

Multiple Select

What seasonal change refreshes the supply of nutrients throughout a lake?

• erosion

• lake turnover

• eutrophication

• deposition

Multiple Select

What is the lowest point of a wave called?

• trough

• crest

• wavelength

• frequency

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How can people obtain ground water?

• drilling into an aquifer

• drilling above the water table

• drilling into the unsaturated zone

• drilling into the impermeable layer

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What is the name of the system that has streams and small rivers that feed into the main river?

• watersheds

• wetlands

• divides

• tributaries

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What is the most abundant (common) salt in sea water?

• magnesium chloride

• sodium chloride

• calcium chloride

• potassium chloride

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What is the name for a deep canyon in the ocean floor?

• seamount

• continental shelf

• trench

• abyssal plain

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What is the name for water that falls to the Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

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Clay does not allow water to permeate very easily. Clay is highly porous, how?

• The pores in clay are very large.

• The pores in clay are very small.

• Clay contains many pores.

• Clay contains few pores.

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What is the water like in ponds and lakes?

• deep

• still

• salty

• moving

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What is the name of a large stream of water that flows through the oceans?

• tide

• tsunami

• undertow

• current

Multiple Select

What percentage of Earth's water is fresh water?

• 97%

• 3%

• 71%

• 30%

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What happens to a wave as it gets near the shore?

• The wave height increases and the wavelength decreases.

• The wave height decreases and the wavelength increases.

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Why is the ocean water cold near the poles?

• Coriolis Force

• sinking of dense, cold water with high salinity

• sinking of cold, fresh water from melting icebergs

• movement of a large mass of warm water across the Pacific

Multiple Select

Why do plants use water?

• keep predators away

• make their own food

• release as a waste product

• attract pollinators