Grade 8 Modified Water Systems Quiz

Soil being taken away by wind or water.

• evaporation

• erosion

• estuary

• envelope

A wet spongy land often partly covered with water.

• estuary

• ocean

• lake

• swamp

A large body of ice moving slowly down a slope or valley or spreading outward on a land surface.

• glacier

• lake

• ocean

• estuary

Water within the Earth that supplies wells and springs.

• marsh

• ocean current

• groundwater

• lake

What is this a picture of?

• air cycle

• carbon cycle

• rain fall

• water cycle

A number used in expressing acidity or alkalinity on a scale whose values run from 0 to 14 with 7 representing neutrality, numbers less than 7 increasing acidity, and numbers greater than 7 increasing alkalinity.

• pH

• bH

• qH

• tH

A long period of dry weather.

• drought

• rainfall

• sunny

• draft

A barrier preventing the flow of water.

• awning

• bam

• dam

• bridge