Chapter 5 Review

A bird in the sky is which 2 spheres?

• hydrosphere and cryosphere

• geosphere and biosphere

• biosphere and atmosphere

• hydrosphere and biosphere

a person drinking water is which 2 spheres?

• biosphere and hydrosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

• cryosphere and atmosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

when a plant dies, it is broken down into the soil. which 2 spheres are interacting?

• hydrosphere and atmosphere

• cryosphere and biosphere

• atmosphere and geosphere

• biosphere and geosphere

________ is the process by which water is converted from a liquid to a gas

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• runoff

the process by which water vapor is released by plants

• evaporation

• condensation

• groundwater

• transpiration

the process by which water vapor is converted back into liquid water

• condensation

• precipitation

• evaporation

• groundwater

the process by which liquid or solid water falls from clouds back to earth in the form of snow, rain, sleet, and hail

• evaporation

• transpiration

• precipitation

• condensation

after precipitation falls to the ground, it gets absorbed and funneled into streams, rivers, oceans, etc. what is it called when water is traveling above ground?

• condensation

• runoff

• groundwater

• infiltration

after precipitation falls to the ground, it gets absorbed and funneled into streams, rivers, oceans, etc. when this water is absorbed into the ground, what is it called?

• runoff

• infiltration

• precipitation

• groundwater

the process by which liquid water soaks into the ground, going from surfacewater to groundwater

• runoff

• condensation

• infiltration

• accumulation