Water Cycle Processes #2

Which of the following is the greatest fresh water reservoir of water in the global water cycle?

• Oceans

• Polar ice and glaciers

• Aquifers

• Lakes

Evaporation is the process of...

• releasing water vapour through stomata

• a liquid changing into a gas

• a gas changing into a liquid

• plants releasing water

Which process of evapotranspiration is dominant when seeds are sown?

• Soil evaporation

• Crop transpiration

Which process of evapotranspiration is dominant when crops are harvested?

• Soil evaporation

• Crop transpiration

The rate of temperature change with altitude is called the...

• environmental lapse rate

• dry adiabatic lapse rate

• saturated adiabatic lapse rate

In which portion of the atmosphere does weather take place, containing 99% of water vapour.

• Stratosphere

• Troposphere

• Mesosphere

• Thermosphere

What happens to temperature with increasing altitude through the troposphere?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains constant

Why is Earth's surface warmer than the atmosphere?

• Molecules are more tightly packed in the solids and liquids near and on the surface

• Molecules are more tightly packed in the gases of the atmosphere

What happens to atmospheric pressure as altitude increases?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains constant

What happens to parcels of air as they rise through the troposphere?

• Increase in volume and decrease in temperature

• Increase in volume and increase in temperature

• Decrease in volume and increase in temperature

• Decrease in volume and decrease in temperature