Hydrosphere Review

Precipitation includes which of the following?

• Rain, it is liquid water

• Fog, it is gaseous water vapour

• Hail, it is solid water

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river basin includes

• The ocean it connects to

• The rainclouds that pour out rain

• The wetland at the mouth of the river

• The deep tectonic plate it sits on

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A river is

• A large stream

• A small lake

• A freshwater sea

• Multiple estuaries converging

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-1

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A straight stream vs a meandering stream will have, if all other factors are the same, _____.

• Increased velocity

• Decreased velocity

• Increased volume

• Decreased volume

A river delta is created through increased _____.

• rain

• tributaries

• sedimentation

• evaporation

Water tables will follow the _____.

• The topography

• The rabbit

• The trees

• The wind currents

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

A zone of saturation with an aquiclude both above and below it is a ______.

• Unconfined aquifer

• Well

• Confined aquifer

• aquitard

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

Salt Water Intrusion is when _____.

• The sea pushes deeper into the estuary

• The rain is filled with saltwater instead of freshwater

• The tide rises to encompass a nearby wetland

• Saltwater pushes into the water table

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS3-2

Surface water currents will have ____ compared to deep water currents.

• Increased salinity

• Increased velocity

• Increased temperature

• Increased volcanic activity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

Upwelling results in _____.

• Mid-oceanic ridge separation

• Plankton blooms

• Algal decrease

• Tidal surges

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

NGSS.MS-LS2-3