WEALD Our Blue Planet Quiz

The continual movement of water between the rivers, oceans, atmosphere and land is known as ...

• Hydrological Cycle

• Rock cycle

• Nutrient cycle

Evaporation is when ...

• the sun heats water liquid which turns into gas called water vapout

• The water vapour cools in the sky and turns back into water liquid

• When water hits the land, some of it flows into rivers

Condensation is when ...

• some water sinks into the rocks underground

• water hits the land, some of it flows into rivers

• the water vapour cools in the sky and turns back into water liquid

Which of these is not a form of precipitation:

• Snow

• Rain

• Hail

• Clouds

Surface run off is ...

• when the water hits the land, some of it flows over the surface

• when water flows through the soil

What % of the Earth is covered by water?

• 50%

• 75%

The wearing away of pieces rock, soil or other solid material is ...

• Transportation

• Erosion

• Deposition

When material is moved / carried from one place to another is known as ...

• Erosion

• Transportation

• Deposition

When material is dropped or left behind is known as ...

• Erosion

• Deposition

• Transportation

Which continent would you NOT find glaciers in ...

• Australia

• South America

• Africa