Hydrosphere Review

About _________ percent of all the water on Earth is in the form of salt water.

• 90

• 97

• 95

• 98

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Water that seeps into soil and enters through aquifers is called _____?

• Reservoir

• Standing Water

• Running Water

• Groundwater

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An underground layer of rock or soil that has connected pores, or holes, that water can pass through.

• aquifer

• reservoir

• lake

• pond

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There is only _________ percent of freshwater on earth.

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

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Plants release water into the atmosphere through a process called:

• evaporation
• transpiration
• infiltration
• precipitation

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Groundwater is found underground in the zone of:

• aeration
• soil
• sediment
• saturation

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Springs form where:

• there is no water table
• flooding makes streams overflow their banks
• groundwater sinks into the soil
• the water table intersects the ground surface

The energy that drives surface ocean currents come from:

• salinity variations
• wind
• wave action
• the Sun

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When the sun warms liquid water and causes it to change into a gas it is called

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• infiltration

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In the atmosphere, water vapor cools and changes back into liquid form. This is called

• transpiration

• absorption

• infiltration

• condensation

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