IBESS 4.1-4.2 Water Acces

What is the hydrological cycle?

• the transformation of water from liquid to solid, solid to liquid, gas to liquid and liquid to gas

• the movement of water between atmosphere, lithosphere, biosphere and pedosphere

• the movement of water through the soil as infiltration, into surface water as run-off and into the atmosphere as it evaporates and back as precipitation after condensing

• precipitation, run-off, evapotranspiration and oceans

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A process that removes salt from the ocean water.

• desalination

• hydroelectricity

• irrigation

• fossil water

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Which answers are below are the reasons for unequal distribution?

• Being rich or poor

• There is no modern plumbing access to water

• fresh water access due to contaminated water and walking many miles to water source

• Water is often wasted for building projects and irrigation

• All the above

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What is the term used to describe an area that begins to have more desert like conditions.

• Steppe

• Wadi

• Desalinization

• Desertification

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Why is desalination not a practical process for water usage?

• No one knows how to do it

• It is too hard

• It is too expensive and not practical to meet all region's needs

• It cannot be used in some countries for religious reasons

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Where is most water found on the Earth?

• In Glaciers

• In Lakes

• In Rivers

• In the Ocean

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What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor?

• Evaporating

• Condensing

• Precipitating

• Sublimation

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What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

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What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Where is most of the freshwater found on Earth?

• lakes / rivers

• ice caps / glaciers

• oceans / seas

• rivers / streams

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