Chapter 9 Test: The Water Planet

The process in which water vapor changes to liquid water is called ________________.

• abyssal plain

• condensation

• precipitation

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Solid or liquid that falls from air to Earth is called __________________.

• precipitation

• intertidal zone

• condensation

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The gradually sloping portion of the ocean floor that is made of continental crust is called the _____________________.

• near-shore zone

• open-ocean zone

• continental shelf

The area at the border between continental crust and oceanic crust is called the ________________________.

• continental slope

• continental shelf

• open-ocean zone

The vast floor of the deep ocean is called the _________________________.

• abyssal plain

• open-ocean zone

• continental shelf

The area of the ocean between high-tide point and low-tide point is called the ________________________.

• continental slope

• intertidal zone

• condensation

Most of the ocean over the continental shelf is called the _______________________.

• abyssal plain

• open-ocean zone

• near-shore zone

Most of the water over the continental slope of the abyssal plain is called the ____________________________.

• open-ocean zone

• precipitation

• intertidal zone

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the energy source for the water cycle?

• Earth

• sun

• ecosystems

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What is found in gaps and pores of rocks below Earth's surface?

• atmosphere

• ice

• groundwater

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