Quiz about Chapter 8: The Hydrosphere

Question 1

What is the name for all water on Earth?

Accepted Answer

Hydrosphere

Answer

Atmosphere

Answer

Surface Water

Answer

Spin Cycle

Question 2

What is the endless process on Earth of water moving through various locations and processes continuously?

Accepted Answer

water cycle

Answer

washing machine

Answer

spin cycle

Answer

ocean currents

Question 3

Which main water cycle process is shown in the animation?

Accepted Answer

evaporation

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condensation

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precipitation

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transpiration

Question 4

Which main water cycle process is shown in the animation?

Accepted Answer

precipitation

Answer

condensation

Answer

evaporation

Answer

transpiration

Question 5

Which less major water cycle process is shown in the animation?

Accepted Answer

runoff

Answer

infiltration

Answer

prespiration

Answer

transpiration

Question 6

Which less major water cycle process is shown in the animation?

Accepted Answer

infiltration

Answer

runoff

Answer

prespiration

Answer

transpiration

Question 7

Which less major water cycle process is shown in the animation?

Accepted Answer

transpiration

Answer

infiltration

Answer

runoff

Answer

prespiration

Question 8

Which main water cycle process is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

condensation

Answer

evaporation

Answer

precipitation

Answer

transpiration

Question 9

Which is not a main type of water within the hydrosphere?

Accepted Answer

Hydrostatic Water

Answer

Groundwater

Answer

Atmospheric Water

Answer

Surface Water

Answer

Frozen Water

Question 10

Water that is present within the atmosphere of Earth mainly in the gas form of water vapor is called what?

Accepted Answer

Atmospheric Water

Answer

Groundwater

Answer

Surface Water

Answer

Frozen Water

Question 11

Water that is stored below the surface of Earth in voids or cracks in rock after the water infiltrates the soil is called what?

Accepted Answer

Groundwater

Answer

Atmospheric Water

Answer

Surface Water

Answer

Frozen Water

Question 12

Water that is found in lakes, rivers, and ocean on Earth is classified as what?

Accepted Answer

Surface Water

Answer

Groundwater

Answer

Atmospheric Water

Answer

Frozen Water

Question 13

Water that is found in solid form in glaciers and ice sheets in colder areas of Earth is classified as what?

Accepted Answer

Frozen Water

Answer

Groundwater

Answer

Atmospheric Water

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Surface Water

Question 14

An underground layer of rock or sediment that allows for the movement and storage of groundwater is called what?

Accepted Answer

Aquifer

Answer

Aquitard

Answer

Aquiclude

Answer

Aquifina

Question 15

What is the name of the largest aquifer in the U.S. shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

Ogallala

Answer

Olive

Answer

Argyle

Answer

Tornado Valley

Question 16

What is the name for the process of precipitation growing through the ground to refill an aquifer.

Accepted Answer

Infiltration

Answer

runoff

Answer

artesian

Answer

Transpiration

Question 17

What is the name for the location on the surface of Earth where water from precipitation enters the ground to refill an aquifer below the ground?

Accepted Answer

Recharge Zone

Answer

Ablation Zone

Answer

Accumulation Zone

Answer

Calving Zone

Question 18

What is the measure of the ability of a substance such as rock to allow water to move through it?

Accepted Answer

permeability

Answer

runoff

Answer

transpiration

Answer

percolation

Question 19

The measure of the amount of empty space within rock or soil that can allow for the movement or storage of water is called what?

Accepted Answer

porosity

Answer

permeability

Answer

transpiration

Answer

percolation

Question 20

The process of water moving through soil or rock and being filtered as it travels through the material is called what

Accepted Answer

percolation

Answer

porosity

Answer

permeability

Answer

runoff

Question 21

A layer of rock or material below the surface that slows down the flow of water but still allows water to flow through is called what?

Accepted Answer

Aquitard

Answer

Aquiclude

Answer

Aquifer

Answer

Recharge Zone

Question 22

Layers of rock like granite or sediment like clay below the surface that prevent the flow of water through the layers due to having a low permeability are called what?

Accepted Answer

Aquiclude

Answer

Aquifer

Answer

Aquitard

Answer

Recharge Zone

Question 23

Which layer is typically found at the bottom or below aquifers?

Accepted Answer

Aquiclude

Answer

runoff

Answer

Aquitard

Answer

Recharge Zone

Question 24

What is the name for the line between areas above that are unsaturated and areas below that are saturated with water below the surface?

Accepted Answer

Water Table

Answer

Aquifer

Answer

Aquitard

Answer

Recharge Zone

Question 25

A natural opening on the surface of Earth where groundwater flows towards the surface eventually trickling out of the ground is called what?

Accepted Answer

Spring

Answer

Well

Answer

Suspension

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River

Question 26

What is the name given to a man made hole that is drilled into the ground to pump water out of an aquifer?

Accepted Answer

Well

Answer

Whole

Answer

Spring

Answer

River

Question 27

The name given to wells or springs where water freely flows to the surface on its own as the groundwater is under pressure being within a confined layer is what?

Accepted Answer

Artesian

Answer

Artsy

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Recharge

Answer

Parmesan

Question 28

What groundwater feature is represented at #4 on the diagram?

Accepted Answer

water table

Answer

aquiclude

Answer

recharge area

Answer

aquitard

Question 29

What groundwater feature is represented on the ground above number 7 on the diagram?

Accepted Answer

recharge area

Answer

aquiclude

Answer

aquitard

Answer

water table

Question 30

What groundwater feature is represented at numbers 5 and 6 on the diagram?

Accepted Answer

aquifer

Answer

aquiclude

Answer

aquitard

Answer

water table

Question 31

What groundwater feature is represented at #2 on the diagram?

Accepted Answer

aquiclude

Answer

aquifer

Answer

aquitard

Answer

water table

Question 32

What groundwater feature is represented at #3 on the diagram?

Accepted Answer

aquitard

Answer

aquiclude

Answer

aquifer

Answer

water table

Question 33

Which well on the diagram would be classified as artesian?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

7

Answer

8

Answer

none

Question 34

Which well on the diagram would be the worst location for a reliable source of water?

Accepted Answer

8

Answer

7

Answer

9

Answer

none

Question 35

Which well on the diagram would be the best location for a reliable source of water?

Accepted Answer

9

Answer

7

Answer

8

Answer

none

Question 36

Which glacier zone is shown at location #1 on the image?

Accepted Answer

accumulation zone

Answer

ablation zone

Answer

recharge zone

Answer

calving zone

Question 37

Which glacier zone is shown at location #2 on the image?

Accepted Answer

ablation zone

Answer

recharge zone

Answer

accumulation zone

Answer

calving zone

Question 38

What is the name for the region of a glacier where snow adds up over time, usually the higher up parts of the glacier, making it larger over time?

Accepted Answer

accumulation zone

Answer

ablation zone

Answer

recharge zone

Answer

calving zone

Question 39

What is the name for the region of a glacier where the ice packed surface begins to melt and cause the glacier to shrink in size, usually happening on the lower sections on a glacier?

Accepted Answer

ablation zone

Answer

recharge zone

Answer

accumulation zone

Answer

calving zone

Question 40

What process is happening at location #3 on the image?

Accepted Answer

calving

Answer

accumulation

Answer

recharge

Answer

runoff

Question 41

What is the name given to the process when a glacier or ice shelf breaks apart to create icebergs that float in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

calving

Answer

accumulation

Answer

recharge

Answer

runoff

Question 42

Which type of frozen water feature is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

sea ice

Answer

ice shelf

Answer

ice sheet

Answer

glacier

Question 43

Which type of frozen water feature is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

ice shelf

Answer

ice sheet

Answer

sea ice

Answer

glacier

Question 44

Which type of frozen water feature is shown in the image?

Accepted Answer

glacier

Answer

ice shelf

Answer

ice sheet

Answer

sea ice

Question 45

This type of glacier can only be found on large flat land masses such as Greenland and Antarctica.

Accepted Answer

ice sheet

Answer

ice shelf

Answer

sea ice

Answer

alpine glacier

Question 46

This type of glacier can only be found within a valley of mountains at high elevations.

Accepted Answer

alpine glacier

Answer

ice shelf

Answer

ice sheet

Answer

sea ice

Question 47

This frozen water feature is created when a glacier extends off of the land and floats over the ocean water while remaining connected to the glacier on land.

Accepted Answer

ice sheet

Answer

ice shelf

Answer

sea ice

Answer

alpine glacier

Question 48

What is the name given to the seasonal frozen water feature that floats in the water of the ocean but is not created by a glacier or ice sheet breaking apart?

Accepted Answer

sea ice

Answer

ice shelf

Answer

ice sheet

Answer

alpine glacier

Question 49

What frozen water feature is created as a result from the calving process?

Accepted Answer

iceberg

Answer

ice shelf

Answer

ice sheet

Answer

sea ice

Question 50

Which landmass does not have an ice sheet?

Accepted Answer

South America

Answer

Greenland

Answer

All do

Answer

Antarctica

Question 51

About 90% of an iceberg will be ________the water.

Accepted Answer

below

Answer

above

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at

Answer

out of

Question 52

Water on Earth that has low amounts of dissolved salts and can be found within rivers, lakes, and glaciers is called what?

Accepted Answer

freshwater

Answer

seawater

Answer

hard water

Answer

tap water

Question 53

Water on Earth that has high amounts of dissolved salts and can be found in oceans and seas is called what?

Accepted Answer

seawater

Answer

freshwater

Answer

soft water

Answer

tap water

Question 54

97% of water on Earth that makes up 70% of the surface is what type of water?

Accepted Answer

seawater

Answer

freshwater

Answer

frozen water

Question 55

Which type of water makes up only 3% of all water on Earth?

Accepted Answer

freshwater

Answer

seawater

Question 56

Which type of water on Earth makes up the largest percentage of Freshwater of any phase on the planet?

Accepted Answer

Frozen water

Answer

Groundwater

Answer

Surface Water

Answer

Atmospheric Water

Question 57

Which type of water on Earth makes up the largest percentage of liquid Freshwater on the planet?

Accepted Answer

Groundwater

Answer

Frozen water

Answer

Surface Water

Answer

Atmospheric Water

Question 58

Water that is more salty than freshwater but less salty compared to seawater and is typically found where rivers meet oceans is called what?

Accepted Answer

Brackish

Answer

Seawater

Answer

Frozen Water

Answer

Fresh water

Question 59

Which type of salt makes up the highest percentage of salt dissolved in the ocean?

Accepted Answer

sodium chloride

Answer

calcium chloride

Answer

potassium chloride

Answer

hydrochloric sodium

Question 60

The measure of the amount of dissolved salts within a body of water is called what?

Accepted Answer

salinity

Answer

percolation

Answer

transpiration

Answer

humidity

Question 61

What is the salinity of the ocean?

Accepted Answer

3.5%

Answer

40%

Answer

15%

Answer

30%

Question 62

What is the saltiest body of water on Earth?

Accepted Answer

don juan pond

Answer

Dead sea

Answer

pink lake

Answer

great salt lake

Question 63

Which location would most likely have only freshwater?

Accepted Answer

Aquifer

Answer

Ocean

Answer

Desert

Answer

Estuary

Question 64

Which location would most likely have only seawater?

Accepted Answer

Ocean

Answer

Desert

Answer

Estuary

Answer

Aquifer

Chapter 8: The Hydrosphere

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