Hydrosphere and Oceanography

What percentage of Earth's fresh water that is not frozen

• 97%

• 1%

• 100%

• 3%

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Which of the following are types of freshwater that can be used by people?

Select all that are true.

• groundwater

• ice caps and glaciers

• oceans

• rivers

• lakes

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What happens once groundwater reaches a layer of rock in the ground that it cannot pass through?

• it is soaked up by that layer of rock and dirt

• it creates an aquifer

• it creates a reservoir

• it evaporates

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What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• sun

• wind

• rain

• oceans

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What are clouds made of?

• dry air

• water

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As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

• Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

• Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

• Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

• Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

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On Earth, what process generates most of the water vapor?

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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What is precipitation?

• Sweat from our bodies on hot days

• Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

• Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

• Any form of water that falls from the sky

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Warm, less dense air (including vapor) rises in the atmosphere. Cool, more dense air (including vapor) sinks. This transfer is . . . .

• convection
• conduction
• radiation
• gravity

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