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Worksheets7-4.5 Water
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Water that passes through permeable layers of soil and rock.
a)
deposition
b)
divide
c)
groundwater
d)
runoff (surface water)
2.
This is naturally purified as it soaks through the soil layers.
a)
erosion
b)
groundwater
c)
runoff (surface water)
d)
watershed (drainage basin)
3.
The dam shown in the picture generates electricity by trapping this.
a)
depostion
b)
erosion
c)
groundwater
d)
runoff (surface water)
4.
Soil and rock that allow the water to pass through is described as this.
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
impermeable
d)
permeable
5.
The underground area where the soil pores are filled with air is called this.
a)
divide
b)
watershed (drainage basin)
c)
zone of aeration
d)
zone of saturation
6.
The mountain ridge shown in this picture would be this part of a watershed (drainage basin).
a)
aquifer
b)
divide
c)
water table
d)
zone of aeration
7.
An area that is drained by a river and all the streams that empty into it, the tributaries, is called this.
a)
aquifer
b)
divide
c)
water table
d)
watershed (drainage basin)
8.
Groundwater can flow slowly through the underground rock or be stored in and underground layer called this.
a)
aquifer
b)
runoff (surface water)
c)
water table
d)
watershed (drainage basin)
9.
The area where the water has filled all the space in the soil is called this.
a)
divide
b)
watershed (drainage basin)
c)
zone of aeration
d)
zone of saturation
10.
Bedrock that does not allow water to pass through it is described as this.
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
impermeable
d)
permeable
11.
Precipitation that does not soak into the ground is called this.
a)
aquifer
b)
erosion
c)
runoff (surface water)
d)
water table
12.
The high ground between two watersheds (drainage basins) is called this.
a)
aquifer
b)
divide
c)
runoff (surface water)
d)
water table
13.
This occurs when flowing water removes soil from a particular location.
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
aeration
d)
saturation
14.
This occurs when flowing water moves sediments into a particular area.
a)
deposition
b)
erosion
c)
aeration
d)
saturation
15.
All of the following are freshwater sources except
a)
glaciers
b)
oceans
c)
ponds
d)
rain
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