Fresh Water Quiz

Where does all fresh water come from?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Groundwater

• Runoff

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What determines whether water will soak into the ground or flow over as runoff?

• Rate of rainfall

• Permeability of the soil

• Steepness of the slope

• Amount of space in the soil

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What is the land area that supplies water to a river system called?

• Groundwater

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Percolation

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What are huge masses of ice and snow that move slowly over land called?

• Glaciers

• Geysers

• Aquifers

• Icebergs

What is the area of permeable rock or soil filled with water called?

• Water table

• Unsaturated zone

• Confining bed

• Saturated zone

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What is a type of hot spring that rises through narrow passages as it is forced out by heated gases and steam from below?

• Artesian well

• Natural spring

• Geyser

• Watershed

Water that falls to Earth's surface is called________.

• Condensation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiratoion

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Water that fills the craks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called ________.

• Saltwater

• Rainwater

• Groundwater

• Water Vapor

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______ are small streams and rivers that feed into a main river.

• Watershed

• Tributaries

• Divides

• Wetlands

Plants use water in photosynethesis. They also release water into the atmosphere. Plants contribute to which part of the water cycle?

• Irrigation

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Transpiration

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