Water and Environmental Processes Quiz

What is the term for the land area that supplies water to a river basin?

• Estuary

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Runoff

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Which process describes the change of a substance from a liquid to a gas?

• Precipitation

• Evaporation

• Transpiration

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

Water in an estuary; level of salinity between freshwater and seawater?

• Brackish water

• Distilled water

• Freshwater

• Saltwater

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process by which wind, water, ice, or gravity transports soil and sediment from one location to another?

• Transpiration

• Weathering

• Erosion

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-2

What is the term for a stream or river that flows into a larger river?

• Estuary

• Runoff

• Watershed

• Tributary

What is the role of a watershed in the water cycle?

• It stores water underground

• It collects and channels water to larger bodies of water

• It evaporates water into the air

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

What is the process by which plants release water vapor into the atmosphere?

• Precipitation

• Condensation

• Transpiration

• Evaporation

What is the term for the downward movement of water through soil and rock due to gravity?

• Runoff

• Infiltration

• Transpiration

• Condensation

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

State the correct relationship for permeability.

• The larger the particles of soil, the slower water moves through it.

• The larger the particles of soil, the faster water moves through it

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The most contaminated river water would be found

• upstream

• downstream