Chapter 10 Test

Which process changes water into a gaseous state as it gains energy?

• evaporation

• infiltration

• precipitation

• condensation

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Roughly 97% of the water on Earth is found in oceans and salt lakes.

• True

• False

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Lakes and ponds can disappear due to a process called...

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Eutrophication

• Photosynthesis

The streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river are its

• Watersheds

• Tributaries

• Divides

• Reservoirs

Compared to lakes, ponds are usually___________.

• Larger

• Deeper

• Shadier

• Shallower

Algae can overgrow a lake when the lake contains too many ___________.

• Nutrients

• Plants

• Fish

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Nearly one-third of the United States is covered by the Mississippi River __________.

• Tributary

• Divide

• Watershed

• Delta

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Which describes materials that have large and connected pores, such as sand and gravel?

• Unsaturated

• Impermeable

• Saturated

• Permeable

By knowing the water table depth, you know how deep to dig to reach which of the following?

• Granite

• Springs

• Groundwater

• Pores

Where can the water table be found?

• at the top of the saturated zone

• between layers of impermeable rock

• in the unsaturated zone

• below layers of clay soil

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