Chapter 8: Earth's Waters

A(n) is all the land area that supplies water to a river system.

• water shed
• delta
• artesian well
• aquifer

A(n) ________ is a place where ground water bubbles or flows out of cracks in rocks.

• aquifer
• natural spring
• artesian well
• glaciers

Which of the following is NOT an example of surface water?

• ponds and lakes
• aquifers
• wetlands
• glaciers

Clouds represent which step of the water cycle?

• transpiration
• evaporation
• precipitation
• condensation

Water has some unique properties because it is

• polar
• non-polar
• a universal solute
• ionic

A(n) ________ is a large piece of a glacier that has broken off and calved into the ocean.

• delta
• aquifer
• ice cube
• iceberg

Which of the following lists the world's oceans from LARGEST to SMALLEST?

• Arctic, Southern, Indian, Atlantic, Pacific
• Pacific, Arctic, Indian, Southern, Atlantic
• Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, Southern, Arctic
• Atlantic, Indian, Pacific, Arctic, Southern

_________ is the measure of the mass of dissolved solids in a mass of water.

• density
• saltiness
• salinity
• surface tension

Which of the following is labeled A in the figure below?

• crest
• trough
• wavelength
• amplitude

Which of the following is labeled B in the figure below?

• wavelength
• amplitude
• crest
• trough