Quiz about Unit 9 Hydrology Review

Question 1

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #1?

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Precipitation

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Transpiration

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Collection

Question 2

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #2?

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Transpiration

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Precipitation

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Collection

Question 3

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #3?

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Condensation

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Evaporation

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Precipitation

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Transpiration

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Collection

Question 4

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #4?

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Precipitation

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Transpiration

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Collection

Question 5

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #6?

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Collection

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Evaporation

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Condensation

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Precipitation

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Transpiration

Question 6

What happens when the sun hits the water?

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The water evaporates

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Transpiration from plant leaves occurs

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Precipitation falls from the clouds

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None of the choices

Question 7

What is it called when gas (water vapor) turns into a liquid?

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condensation

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evaporation

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transpiration

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precipitation

Question 8

When water is heated and changes from a liquid to a gas it is called

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evaporation

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condensation

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collection

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precipitation

Question 9

Rain, sleet, snow and hail are all types of

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precipitation

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evaporation

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condensation

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collection

Question 10

Water gathering in rivers, lakes, streams, oceans and other bodies of water is known as

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collection

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condensation

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evaporation

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precipitation

Question 11

Which process in the water cycle forms the CLOUDS?

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condensation

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collection

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evaporation

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precipitation

Question 12

What drives the water cycle?

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the sun

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gravity

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water

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clouds

Question 13

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Which of the following is a source of freshwater?

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streams

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rivers

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lakes

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oceans

Question 14

How does temperature change the deeper you travel into the ocean? Why? (Choose the BEST answer)

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The temperature decreases as you get lower because of the lack of sunlight.

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The temperature decreases as you get lower.

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The temperature increases as you get lower.

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The temperature increases as you get lower because the sunlight increases.

Question 15

How does pressure change the deeper you travel into the ocean? Why? (Choose the BEST answer)

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Pressure increases as you get lower because there is more water above you.

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Pressure increases as you get lower.

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Pressure decreases as you get lower.

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Pressure decreases as you get lower because there is more water above you.

Question 16

How does ocean salinity change within the first 1,000 feet of depth? Why? (Choose the BEST answer.)

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The top layer is saltier than the lower layer since the water molecules evaporate into the clouds leaving the salt behind.

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The top layer is less salty than the lower layer since the water molecules evaporate into the clouds taking the salt with them.

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The top layer is less salty than the lower layer due to evaporation.

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The top layer is saltier than the lower layer due to evaporation.

Question 17

Select the answer that has the ocean zones in the correct order starting with the zone closest to the surface.

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Sunlight, Twilight, Dark, Abyss, Trenches

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Sunlight,Trenches, Abyss, Dark,Twilight

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Sunlight,Trenches, Dark, Abyss,Twilight

Question 18

Look at the diagram below. What ocean floor feature matches letter A?

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Continental Slope

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Abyssal Plain

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Volcanic Island

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Seamount

Question 19

Look at the diagram below. What ocean floor feature matches letter B?

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Seamount

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Abyssal Plain

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Continental Slope

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Volcanic Island

Question 20

Look at the diagram below. What ocean floor feature matches letter C?

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Abyssal Plain

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Continental Slope

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Volcanic Island

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Seamount

Question 21

Look at the diagram below. What ocean floor feature matches letter D?

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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Abyssal Plain

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Continental Slope

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Seamount

Question 22

Look at the diagram below. What ocean floor feature matches letter E?

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Volcanic Island

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Continental Slope

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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Seamount

Question 23

Look at the diagram below. What ocean floor feature matches letter F?

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Continental Shelf

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Volcanic Island

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Continental Slope

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Mid Ocean Ridge

Question 24

Look at the diagram below. What ocean floor feature matches letter G?

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Trench

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Volcanic Island

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Mid Ocean Ridge

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Continental Shelf

Question 25

What type of current is the California current?

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Cold

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Warm

Question 26

What type of current is the California current?

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Cold

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Warm

Question 27

What type of currents come from the EQUATOR?

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warm

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cold

Question 28

What type of currents come from the POLES?

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cold

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warm

Question 29

What type of current is the Canary current?

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Cold

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Warm

Question 30

What type of current is the Gulf Stream?

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Warm

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Cold

Question 31

Where is the majority of our freshwater located?

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icebergs, ice caps, glaciers

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Groundwater

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Rivers/lakes

Question 32

____________ causes severe storms in the Pacific Ocean every 2-7 years because of abnormal temperatures.

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El Nino

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Currents

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The Water Cycle

Question 33

What causes the current to rotate?

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rotation of the earth

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gravity

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wind

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erosion

Question 34

The horizontal distance between wave crests is the

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wavelength

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wave height

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frequency

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trough

Question 35

The size of a wave is NOT affected by the

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salinity of the water

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strength of the wind

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length of time the wind blows across the water

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distance the wind blows across the water

Question 36

As a wave nears shore, the wave height increases and the wavelength

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decreases

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stays the same

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increases

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doubles

Question 37

Using the diagram above, identify the wave part at letter A.

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crest

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trough

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wavelength

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amplitude

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frequency

Question 38

Using the diagram above, identify the wave part at letter B.

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amplitude

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trough

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crest

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wavelength

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frequency

Question 39

Using the diagram above, identify the wave part at letter C.

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wavelength

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trough

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crest

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amplitude

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frequency

Question 40

Using the diagram above, identify the wave part at letter D.

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trough

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crest

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wavelength

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amplitude

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frequency

Unit 9 Hydrology Review

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