Chapter 14 Weathering and Soil 6

Fill in the blank: The movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere is primarily through ____.

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Infiltration

• Percolation

What is the process called when water returns to the Earth's surface from the atmosphere?

• Evaporation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

The movement of water from the soil to the atmosphere is known as ______.

• transpiration

• evaporation

• infiltration

• precipitation

Once on the ground, surface water may become ________.

• Runoff

• Clouds

• Evaporation

• Snow

Which process is responsible for forming clouds in the hydrologic cycle?

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

• Infiltration

Groundwater is important because ______% of us get our drinking water from it.

• 50

• 60

• 75

• 90

Fill in the blank: Water from aquifers can be brought to the surface through natural springs or by ______ a well.

• digging

• pumping

• closing

• freezing

Which of the following is NOT a way to bring water to the surface from an aquifer?

• Natural springs

• Pumping a well

• Evaporation

• Digging a hole

Fill in the blank: Unconfined aquifers have water that has _______ the soil from surface water directly above.

• A) evaporated

• B) infiltrated

• C) condensed

• D) frozen

Which of the following states is NOT part of the Ogallala Aquifer region?

• Texas

• Nebraska

• Florida

• Kansas