ESB Water Pre / Post

What is the water cycle?

• when clouds form
• the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
• the 3 forms of water
• when water melts

What is D?

• Evaporation
• Precipitation
• Condensation
• Runoff

_____ percent of Earth's water is in rivers and lakes.

• 30%
• 2%
• 45%
• .3%

As a stream empties into a body of water such as a lake, gulf, or bay, the remaining sediment is deposited, forming a ________.

• Tributary
• Delta
• High Tide
• Barrier Island

The Great Lakes were formed in part by _________________.

• volcanic eruptions
• the movement of tectonic plates
• glaciers during the Ice Age
• meteor impacts

The mixing of warm and cold lake water is called _______________.

• stratification
• thermal inversion
• turnover
• condensation

An increase in nutrients and organisms that is a normal part of a lake's life is called ______________.

• eutrophication
• acidification
• oligotrophication
• succession

Wetlands once were thought of as _____________ but now we know they are valuable.

• high end real estate
• wastelands
• places to flood

A _______________is a type of wetland that doesn't have many trees or shrubs.

• ocean
• swamp
• bog
• marsh

_____________are wetlands where the most common types of plants are trees and shrubs.

• swamps
• lakes
• bogs
• marshes