Earth Science Benchmark Review

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

How much of the earth's water is freshwater?

• 50 %
• 3 %
• 97 %
• 93 %

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

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

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

• condensation
• evaporation
• sublimation
• transpiration

Water that stands or flows across the Earth’s surface.

• Groundwater
• Surface water
• Runoff
• Divide

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The movement of water from the earth and into the atmosphere

• Percolation

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Hydrologic Cycle

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

All the land in which water flows on or under into a major river

• Runoff

• River Basin

• River System

• Tributaries

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The process in which material is worn away by a stream.

• Erosion

• Alluvil Fan

• Meander

• Wetland

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The attractive force between water molecules

• Adhesion

• Cohesion

• Capillary Action

• Temperature