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