Section 1 Quiz 8.E.1.1 Earth Systems and Structures

Study the graph below.  Where is most of the Earth's water located?

• Rivers and Lakes

• Glaciers and Icecaps

• oceans

• groundwater

Why is MOST of the freshwater on Earth not available for our use?

• All freshwater on Earth is easily accessible for use.

• It is frozen in the icecaps and glaciers.

• It is surface water.

• It is underground.

Certain stages of the water cycle are most likely occurring under certain weather conditions.  Which stage is most likely going to occur on a warm, sunny day?

• precipitation

• condensation

• evaporation

Which describes an estuary?

• A large body of fresh water.

• A large body of salt water.

• The wide, lower course of a river where fresh and salt water mix.

Where does most fresh water exist?

• ice caps, lakes, and streams

• glaciers, rivers, and oceans

• aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers

Which best explains what happens to nutrients in the ocean as a result
of upwelling?

• Upwelling carries nutrients to coral reefs.

• Upwelling carries nutrients to the ocean bottom.

• Upwelling carries nutrients to the intertidal zone.

• Upwelling carries nutrients to the surface of the ocean.

An area of land that drains into a body of water.

• mouth

• point-source pollution

• watershed

• headwaters

The change of water from a liquid to a gas.

• evaporation

• precipitation

• condensation

• transpiration

How much of the earth's water is freshwater?

• 50 %

• 3 %

• 97 %

• 93 %

Ocean's cover what percent of the Earth's surface?

• 71 %

• 60 %

• 10 %

• none of the above