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WorksheetsHydrology: water cycle & currents
Total questions: 51
Worksheet time: 39mins
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Class
Date
1.
Waves can be measured in many different ways. Even though waves have different parts to them they all must have the following
a)
Need a medium
b)
Move matter
c)
Need energy to start them and transfer energy with them
d)
A frequency that is higher than resonance
2.
How do surface ocean waves form?
a)
Wind blowing across the surface
b)
Time wind blows
c)
Strength of the wind
d)
Wind when blows upwards off the water
3.
Currents that are far beneath the surface
a)
deep ocean currents
b)
surface currents
c)
current
d)
global winds
4.
What is the name of the largest and most powerful surface current in the North Atlantic Ocean?
a)
Gulf of Mexico
b)
Pacific Steam
c)
Gulf Stream
d)
Atlantic Ocean steam
5.
What is the name of a climate event that occurs every two to seven years in the Pacific Ocean.
a)
La Nina
b)
El Nina
c)
La Nino
d)
El Nino
6.
What process brings nutrient rich deep cold ocean water up to the surface?
a)
Conduction
b)
Global Wind Patterns
c)
Upwelling
d)
Temperature and salinity
7.
A horizontal movement of ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surface.
a)
Gulf Stream
b)
Global Conveyor Belt
c)
Surface Current
d)
Gyre
8.
Cold ocean currents generally come from
a)
The North Pole
b)
The South Pole
c)
The Equator
d)
Both Poles
9.
Two types of water currents are
a)
local and global
b)
sea and land
c)
surface and deep
d)
warm and cold
10.
The amount of dissolved solids present in the water
a)
salinity
b)
chlorine
c)
nitrogen
d)
density
11.
Ocean surface currents are a result of
a)
Global Wind Patterns
b)
Earth's tilt
c)
Density
d)
All of the above
12.
Warm ocean currents generally come from
a)
The North Pole
b)
The South Pole
c)
The Equator
d)
Both A and B
13.
Deep ocean currents are a result of
a)
Global Wind Patterns
b)
Earth's Rotation
c)
Density
d)
All of the above
14.
The Coriolis Effect is caused by
a)
Earth revolving around the sun
b)
Earth rotating on its axis
c)
Rising and falling tides
d)
Pull of gravity
15.
The Gulf Stream carries ______ water from the east coast of the United States to the west coast of Europe.
a)
Cold
b)
Warm
c)
Freezing
d)
Fresh
16.
As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is warmer and less salty.
a)
True
b)
False
17.
What happens to a current when it comes in contact with a continent or landmass?
a)
It continues over the continent
b)
It stops
c)
It changes direction
d)
It is absorbed by the land
18.
Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves
a)
clockwise
b)
counter clockwise
c)
both
d)
neither
19.
How do waves form?
a)
Wind blowing across the surface
b)
Time wind blows
c)
Strength of the wind
d)
Wind when blows upwards off the water
20.
Most of the Earth's water is in
a)
salty oceans
b)
freshwater lakes
c)
freshwater ponds
d)
glaciers
21.
Temperature affects this greatly
a)
color
b)
density
c)
chlorine
d)
thermocline
22.
The compound found in ocean water that affects salinity
a)
sodium chloride
b)
sodium
c)
chlorine
d)
density
23.
Are deep currents effected by wind.
a)
No
b)
Yes
24.
Do surface currents impact climate?
a)
yes
b)
no
25.
The way the Earth's rotation makes the winds curve is due to the
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Cuticle Effect
c)
Revolution
d)
rotation
26.
The hot "line" around the center of the earth is called the
a)
Equalibrium
b)
Equator
c)
Tropic of Cancer
d)
Tropic of Capricorn
27.
In convection, WARM
a)
Rises
b)
Sinks
28.
What does this image best represent?
a)
the El Nino effect
b)
The La Nina Effect
c)
The warm currents of the Gulf Stream
d)
Last season's Hurricane results
29.
This is an image of how upwelling occurs. Upwelling is important to organisms because...
a)
when local wind patterns blow along the north west coast, they cause local surface currents to move away from the shore.
b)
upwelling causes warm water to flow to the British Isles and creates a mild climate there.
c)
upwelling brings nutrients to the surface of the ocean to support the growth of phytoplankton and zooplankton.
30.
About how much of the Earth's surface is covered with water?
a)
29%
b)
92%
c)
71%
d)
50%
31.
The supply of freshwater under the Earth's surface.
a)
watershed
b)
mouth
c)
headwaters
d)
groundwater
32.
Where is most of the freshwater found on Earth?
a)
lakes
b)
glaciers
c)
oceans
d)
rivers
33.
Which source of freshwater is not easily available for human use?
a)
oceans
b)
freshwater lakes
c)
rivers
d)
icecaps/glaciers
34.
The change of water from a liquid to a gas.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
35.
Any type of moisture that falls to the Earth.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
36.
The release of moisture by living plants.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
37.
The change of water from a vapor to a liquid.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
38.
The flow of water from land into a body of water.
a)
groundwater
b)
headwaters
c)
run-off
d)
infiltration
39.
On which kind of day would you expect the most evaporation from the surface of a pond?
a)
warm, sunny
b)
cold, sunny
c)
warm, rainy
d)
cold, rainy
40.
What follows evaporation during the water cycle? How does this occur?
a)
Water evaporates into water vapor
b)
Water vapor condenses and forms a cloud
c)
Water precipitates to the ground
d)
Water runs down into the hydrosphere
41.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
42.
What is #1?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
43.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
44.
What is D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
45.
Which resource takes up 97% of the Hydrosphere?
a)
Oceans and Seas
b)
ice glaciers
c)
lakes
d)
atmosphere
46.
Which represents the distribution of water on Earth?
a)
3% freshwater, 97% salt water
b)
97% freshwater, 3% salt water
c)
71% freshwater, 29% salt water
d)
29% freshwater, 71% salt water
47.
Which layer is the densest?
a)
Gasoline
b)
Water
c)
Mercury
48.
Which has the lowest salinity?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
49.
Due to the Coriolis Effect, water in the northern hemisphere moves
a)
clockwise
b)
counter clockwise
c)
both
d)
neither
50.
Ocean water is more dense than fresh water at the same temperature due to differences in:
a)
Wind patterns
b)
Lifeforms
c)
Currents
d)
Salinity
51.
Identify the ocean at location #2
a)
Indian Ocean
b)
Pacific Ocean
c)
Southern Ocean
d)
Arctic Ocean
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