Hydrosphere Review

The water cycle is driven by _________ and _________.

• The moon

• The sun

• Gravity

• The tides

Which body of water was created by melting ice sheets at the end of the Ice Age?

• Oxbow Lake

• The Mississippi River

• The Great Lakes

• The Atlantic Ocean

• The Mediterranean Sea

The biosphere (animals and humans) add water vapor into the atmosphere through evaporating sweat.

• True

• False

Plants take in water through their roots and give off water vapor through _____________.

• condensation

• transpiration

• evaporation

• precipitation

The Great Divide follows along the _____________.

• Rocky Mountains

• Himalayan Mountains

• Swiss Alps

• Smoky Mountains

Most of Earth's freshwater is not accessible because it is frozen.

• True

• False

A hole sunk into the earth to reach a water supply is a/an ____________.

• aquifer

• water table

• well

• saturated zone

When water changes from a liquid to water vapor it is called ______________.

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• transpiration

Salt water is only located in the ocean.

• True

• False

The ocean varies in ____________, ______________, and ___________.

• size

• temperature

• salinity

• color

• pressure