Hydrosphere Vocabulary Quiz

This definition refers to the evaporation of water through pores, or stomata, in the leaves of plants.

• percolation
• transpiration
• evaporation
• photosynthesis

Sometimes referred to as infiltration, this term describes the movement of water through the soil, and it's layers, by gravity to create supplies of groundwater.

• percolation
• transpiration
• evaporation
• run-off

Groundwater is a primary source of drinking water. This term describes a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater. What is this body called?

• weather
• condensation
• precipitation
• auquifer

All the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, and also as clouds are all a part of the ______________.

• hydrosphere
• aquifer
• weather
• climate

True or false: Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.

• True
• False

precipitation that did not get absorbed into the soil or did not evaporate, and made its way from the ground surface into places that water collect is most commonly referred to as ___________________.

• collection
• run-off
• aquifer
• transpiration

When water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, hail or sleet, collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes, streams it is called:

• collection
• run-off
• aquifer
• transpiration

When water on Earth's surface first enters into the soil is called what?

• percolation
• precipitation
• weather
• infiltration

The process of turning from a gas into a state of liquid

• runoff

• precipitation

• percolation

• condensation

the process of turning from liquid into vapor (or a gas)

• runoff

• precipitation

• evaporation

• condensation