Hydrology Review

What percentage of the planet is covered in Water?

• 96.5%

• 3.5%

• 1.74%

• 75%

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Aquifers are

• Places of freshwater that is underground

• Salt water that is located underground

• Oil Deposits

• Empty caverns that can be used for storage

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Water that infiltrate the soil is called...

• saltwater

• electrolytes

• freshwater

• groundwater

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What conditions result in the highest rate of evaporation?

• Clear skies, high temperatures, low humidity, strong winds

• Low temperature, strong winds, high humidity, clear skies

• High temperatures, light winds, high humidity, clear skies

• Cloudy skies, low temperatures, high humidity, strond winds

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

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Precipatation

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What is the term for water that moves across the surface of the land and enters rivers and streams.

• Aquifer

• Infiltration

• Groundwater

• Runoff

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What two characteristics affect the density of ocean water?

• Temperature and Wind Speed

• Salinity and Depth

• Wave Size and Wave Strength

• Temperature and Salinity

What is the steepest part of the continental margin

• Continental Shelf

• Continental Slope

• Abyssal Plain

• Treanch

This feature is the deepest part of the ocean...

• Rift Valley

• Seamount

• Trench

• Volcanic Island

Tides are caused by the....

• Gravitational pull of the Sun

• Gravitational pull of Jupiter

• Gravitational pull of Mars

• Gravitational pull of the Moon

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