Hydrosphere

Categorically, the largest consumer of water in the U.S. is for what purpose?

• agriculture
• industry
• municipal
• recreation

Why is water the most important substance on the planet?

• It Dilutes
• Drives Climate
• Sustains Life
• It's Pretty

Large bodies of water do not quickly fluctuate in temperature. Why?

• Water is a solvent.
• Water has a high heat capacity.
• Water acts as a buffer.
• Water is non-polar.

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Which source of freshwater is not easily available for human use?

• oceans
• freshwater lakes
• rivers
• icecaps/glaciers

Most of the energy that drives the water cycle comes from the

• Earth's core
• Equator
• Sun
• Earth's oceans

On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?

• warm, sunny
• cold, sunny
• warm, rainy
• cold, rainy

What causes vertical ocean currents?

• The phase of the moon.
• The gravitational attraction of the sun
• Commercial boating activities.
• The temperature and salinity of ocean water

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Two types of ocean currents are

• local and global
• sea and land
• surface and deep
• warm and cold

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Warm ocean currents generally come from

• The North Pole
• The South Pole
• The Equator
• Both A and B

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Most of the world’s freshwater is trapped where?

• Glaciers and Ice Caps

• Lakes, Rivers and Streams

• Groundwater

• Atmosphere

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