Water in Earth's Processes

Which one of the following is not a representative of liquid freshwater on Earth?

• fresch groundwater, rivers, and streams

• rivers, swamps, and freshwater lakes

• saline groundwater, ice caps and ground ice

• marshes, fresh groundwater, and soil moisture

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Which habitat on Earth would probably add the greatest amount of water to the water cycle through evaporation?

• a glacier

• a warm ocean

• desert sand

• a cold lake

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Which of these will MOST LIKELY happen if an area receives a large amount of rainfall?

• The temperature of the area will increase

• The groundwater in the area will increase

• The number of hurricanes in the ocean will decrease

• The level of the oceans will decrease

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As people explored the world's oceans, they learned that many features on the ocean floor look much like features found on land.

Which of these features found on the ocean floor looks MOST like a mountain?

• mid ocean ridge

• deep sea trench

• continental shelf

• continental slope

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What are the TWO possible causes of deep ocean currents?

• differences in water density

• wind

• Earth's rotation

• differences in water temperature

You are stranded on an island and you put a rescue message in a bottle and put it in the ocean. Which natural force will most likely move your bottle so it could be recovered by someone to find help?

• Global Conveyor Belt

• surface current

• deep ocean current

• thermohaline current

The diagram below shows the positions of Earth and the Moon.

The tides at point A and point B will most likely

• be lower than usual due to the decrease in the gravitational pull of the moon.

• be higher than usual due to the gravitational pull of the sun and moon

• be lower than usual due to the gravitational pull of the sun

• have a higher tidal range due to the decrease in the gravitational pull of the moon.

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According to the diagram, the water supply will be most available in which well?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

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Student 1 claims that the water sources on Earth with the largest amounts of fresh water are in lakes and in rivers and streams. Student 2 disagrees and claims that the water sources on Earth with the largest amounts of fresh water are in ground water and in glaciers and the polar ice caps.

• Student 2 is correct because most of the fresh water on Earth is in ground water and in polar ice caps and glaciers.

• Neither student is completely correct because most of the fresh water on Earth is in ground water and in rivers and streams.

• Student 1 is correct because most of the fresh water on Earth is in lake water and in rivers and streams.

• Neither student is completely correct because most of the fresh water on Earth is in ground water and in rivers and streams.

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Only a small fraction of the water on Earth is fresh water. Use the diagram to answer the question.

Where is MOST of the fresh water on Earth located?

• in underground aquifers

• in polar ice caps

• lakes

• the atmosphere

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