Hydrosphere Unit Review

The ability of a material to transmit water through interconnected pores is called

• capacity
• competence
• permeability
• porosity

Which describes an estuary?

• A large body of fresh water.
• A large body of salt water.
• The wide, lower course of a river where fresh and salt water mix.

Where does most fresh water exist?

• ice caps, lakes, and streams
• glaciers, rivers, and oceans
• aquifers, ice caps, and glaciers

The change of water from a liquid to a gas.

• evaporation
• precipitation
• condensation
• transpiration

How much of the earth's water is freshwater?

• 50 %
• 3 %
• 97 %
• 93 %

Ocean's cover what percent of the Earth's surface?

• 70 %
• 60 %
• 10 %
• none of the above

What part of the water cycle does this picture show?

• condensation
• precipitation
• evaporation

Snow, sleet, hail, and rain are all examples of  ________________. 

• evaporation
• condensation
• accumulation
• precipitation

After the rain falls down onto Earth's surface, what most likely happens? What is it called?

• 1. The remains of the water is soaked into the ground.
  2.Groundwater
• 1. Groundwater
  2. The remains of the water is soaked into the ground.
• 1. Groundwater
  2. Transpiration happens to the plants.
• 1. The liquid turns into an gas or an water vapor
  2. Evaporation

What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration