Hydrology Test Review

1.  Most of Earth’s FRESH water is found in _______________.

• huge masses of ice near the North and South Poles
• cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock
• the oceans
• rivers and lakes

What percentage of Earth's water is FRESH water?  How much of it is usable or available for us to use?

• 97%; 12%
• 71%; 2%
• 30%; 30%
• 3%; 1%

Water that fills the cracks and spaces in the soil and rock layers is called ________

• transpiration
• groundwater
• runoff
• precipitation

The Earth's fresh water sources consists of all the following except _____________

• Oceans
• icebergs and glaciers
• rivers and lakes
• groundwater

Water droplets in the atmosphere eventually become so heavy that they fall back to Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, hail or sleet is called ___________

• evaporation
• precipitation
• condesation
• transpiration

When water vapor loses enough energy and cools to change into a liquid, this is called 

• groundwater
• condensation
• transpiration
• runoff

Imagine you are in a very humid rainforest with many different species of plants.  What process creates the moisture in the air from the release of water from the leaves of plants?

• precipitation
• condensation
• transpiration
• groundwater

If you let your hair dry from the Sun after going swimming, you are taking advantage of __________

• precipitation
• evaporation
• condensation
• transpiration

When you are drinking a cold glass of water, moisture builds on the outside of the glass.  This is an example of ________

• precipitation
• evaporation
• transpiration
• condensation

Jon is boiling a pot of water on the stove.  The stove adds energy to the water until it becomes ____ ______, the gaseous form of water.

• water vaport
• ice
• snow
• carbon dioxide