Hydrology Review

Approximately what percentage of Earth's surface is covered with water?

• 15%

• 41%

• 67%

• 93%

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Which of the following combines with Earth’s rotation to create ocean tides?

• The moon’s electromagnetic attraction to water

• The moon’s electromagnetic attraction to water

• The sun and the moon’s gravitational pull on water

• The north and south pole’s gravitational pull on the water

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The main source of energy that drives the water cycle comes from

• Hydrothermal vents

• Atmospheric pressure

• Convection currents

• The sun

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What symbolizes the continental shelf?

• 1

• 2

• 4

• 7

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The gray crescent shapes touching Earth represent Earth’s water bulging outward as high tide occurs at two places. As Earth turns, the two high tides will

• Remain on opposite sides of Earth, in line with the Moon

• Move toward each other until they form one large high tide

• Split in half causing high tides to occur at four places on Earth

• Grow smaller until there are no more high tides occurring on earth

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Corbitt takes a bottle of juice out of the refrigerator. He notices that water begins to form on the outside of the bottle. Which of the following explains why the water started to form?

• Evaporation occurs on the bottle because the room is cooler than the bottle

• Condensation forms on the bottle because the room is warmer than the bottle

• The bottle is melting because the room is warmer than the bottle

• The bottle is freezing because the room is cooler than the bottle

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Ocean currents are produced by

• Volcanoes on the bottom of the ocean floor

• Earthquakes on the bottom of the ocean floor

• Differences in the temperature of the water at the different depths

• Differences in the number of organisms living at different depths

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Which city receives its freshwater supply directly from the Hetchy and Aqueduct?

• Fresno

• Los Angeles

• Santa Barbara

• San Francisco

What can be concluded from the image?

• Most of the freshwater on Earth is found in the oceans.

• Most of the water available on Earth is not drinkable.

• Most of the water available on Earth is drinkable.

• Most of the freshwater found on Earth is found as groundwater

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How would heavy cloud cover most likely affect the water cycle?

• Sunlight reflecting off the clouds would increase the rate of precipitation

• Sunlight reflecting off the clouds would decrease the rate of condensation

• Less sunlight reaching the surface would decrease the rate of evaporation

• Less sunlight reaching the surface would increase the rate of transpiration

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