Hydrosphere Quiz

Excess water that does not infiltrate and permeate into the land and flows over the surface instead is called ___________.

• evaporation

• salt water

• runoff

• precipitation

Examples of ________ pollution that pollute our waterways are: discharge from industrial/municipal facilities from wastewater treatment facilities, production of paper, cars, and electronics.

They are a clearly identifiable source of pollution (such as from a discharge pipe or smokestack).

• nonpoint source

• point source

Examples of ________ pollution that pollute our waterways are: runoff from agriculture (feedlots for livestock such as cattle, pigs, and chickens), roads, construction sites, and storm water drainage.

Pollutants come from a wider area that diffuse over the landscape.

• nonpoint source

• point source

the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers

• Water cycle

• Runoff

• Evapotranspiration

• Precipitation

All the waters on the earth’s surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth’s surface, such as clouds

• River basin

• Hydrosphere

• Biosphere

• Watershed

The continuous movement of water in the atmosphere and on the Earth as it changes states

• Water basin

• Water cycle

• Hydrosphere

• Universal solvent

Salt water makes up about _____% of all the water on Earth.

• 3%

• 80%

• 97%

Most of the fresh water on Earth is________________.

• underground

• Surface water

• Frozen

Which best describes how the oceans are connected to the water reserves on Earth?

• flooding

• evaporation and precipitation

• tides, waves, and erosion of the seashores

• it is not connected

When water from the atmosphere falls back to the surface of the Earth is it called

• transpiration

• condensation

• precipitation

• infiltration