Hydrosphere 3

Which of the following is not a type of river classification?

• Young
• Old 
• Mature
• Adult

This is the steep slope where the continental shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor.

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain
• mid-ocean ridge

The edges of the continents slope down from the shore into the ocean.  This the part of the continent located under the water

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• abyssal plain
• mid-ocean ridge

The Coriolis Effect is caused by

• Earth rotating around the sun
• Earth rotating on its axis
• The tides
• Gravity

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What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?

• It continues over the continent
• It stops
• It changes direction
• It is absorbed by the land

Ocean currents have an affect on which two things

• climate and weather
• temperature and density
• land and sea
• equator and poles

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Which human activity directly affects the quality of freshwater resources?

• depleting the ozone layer
• burning gasoline in car engines
• throwing trash out of car windows
• allowing runoff from agricultural fields

What is most responsible for the presence of groundwater in an area?

• the movement of water from a confined aquifer into surface water
• the movement of surface water and precipitation through the soil and rock
• the movement of water from streams and rivers to watersheds
• the movement of surface water through impermeable rock

Which of the following make up part of Earth's groundwater?

• wetlands
• rivers
• aquifers
• lakes

A drainage basin or river basin is

• the channel of a stream

• the land covered by floodwaters

• the land area that contributes water to a river by runoff

• all streams that flow directly to the ocean