Marine 28a Movement of Water

The Movement of Water

Interactive Lesson for Marine Science

​NOTE:

• Some of the questions in this lesson refer to things shown in the video clips.

• Other questions call back to things you learned in earlier lessons.

• Other questions will ask you to use your instinct for things we haven't learned in class yet.

• Do your best, and don't get stressed!

Multiple Choice

What do we call an area in which all the spaces between rock particles are filled with water?

• Unsaturated Zone

• Saturated Zone

• Aquifer

• Water Table

Multiple Choice

What do we call an area in which the spaces between rock particles are filled with air and water?

• Unsaturated Zone

• Saturated Zone

• Aquifer

• Water Table

Multiple Choice

What is the water cycle powered by?

• Earth's gravitational pull

• The Moon

• The Sun

Multiple Choice

What is it called when plants give off water vapor from tiny pores on the back of the leaf ?

• condensation

• evaporation

• sublimation

• transpiration

Drag and Drop

When water vapor condenses it changes from a

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Drag these tiles and drop them in the correct blank above

gas to a liquid

gas to a solid

liquid to a gas

liquid to a solid

Multiple Choice

Clouds are made of:

• Water vapor

• Water droplets or ice crystals

• Frogs

• Toxic chemicals

Multiple Choice

What is the water called that is stored below Earth's surface?

(accessed through wells and or pumps)

• surface water

• groundwater

• vapor water

Multiple Select

According to this diagram, what are two methods by which water returns to the oceans?

• Surface runoff

• Groundwater

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

Multiple Choice

What is the downward movement of water into the soil is called?

• osmosis

• infiltration

• transpiration

• evaporation

Multiple Choice

What do we call a place where the water table reaches the Earth’s surface so that water flows out from the ground?

• Aquifer

• Well

• Spring

Multiple Choice

What is it called when the earth sinks due to no ground water?

• Transpiration

• Land Subsidance

• Percolation

• Watershed

Multiple Choice

What kinds of materials allow water to infiltrate through them?

• permeable

• impermeable

Multiple Choice

What kinds of materials block the infiltration of water?

• permeable

• impermeable

Dropdown

Paved surfaces are usually ​

Select answer

and contribute to runoff.

Unpaved surfaces are usually ​

Select answer

and contribute to infiltration.

Multiple Choice

How do we remove major contaminants from storm water and sewage to convert it into reusable water?

• water restoration process

• wastewater treatment process

Multiple Choice

Runoff still can add pollutants to the ocean because...

• it carries pollutants from bodies of water into the atmosphere

• it carries pollutants that are in or on the ground into bodies of water

Multiple Choice

What do we call an area of land that collects all the precipitation that falls on it?

• water table

• watershed

• water cycle

• river beds

Open Ended

What kinds of problems can runoff create for the ocean?

Poll

What would you like to see in your local watershed?

• More permeable surfaces

• More impermeable surfaces