WorksheetsFresh Water
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the name of the area of groundwater where it is saturated?
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water Table
2.
What is a place where groundwater seeps out of the ground called?
a)
Well
b)
Reservoir
c)
Aquifer
d)
Spring
3.
What is the area underground where there is not any water?
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water
4.
The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation:
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water Table
5.
Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:
a)
Groundwater
b)
Bogs
c)
Water in the ground
6.
When water soaks the ground it becomes groundwater through what process?
a)
Runoff
b)
Infiltration
c)
Transpiration
7.
The amount of space between soil is:
a)
Porosity
b)
Permeability
8.
The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is:
a)
Porosity
b)
Permeability
9.
A material with a high porosity has:
a)
Little space
b)
A lot of space
10.
A substance has a low permeability when:
a)
Water can flow through easily
b)
Water CAN'T Flow through easily
11.
What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Spring
c)
Well
d)
Reservoir
12.
What are sources of water pollution?
a)
Precipitation as Acid rain
b)
Runoff water & Groundwater
c)
Industry & Household waste
d)
All of these
13.
What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?
a)
runoff
b)
recharge
c)
watershed
d)
valley
14.
An aquifer is a(n)
a)
well in which water rises because of pressure
b)
underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
c)
type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
d)
place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock
15.
A well in which groundwater rises because of pressure is called a(n)
a)
spring well
b)
geyser well
c)
artesian well
d)
cry well
16.
Which types of aquifers are in the most danger of becoming contaminated by pollutants?
a)
aquifers confined by a permeable layer
b)
unconfined aquifers
17.
The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a
a)
water table
b)
trailer
c)
house
d)
watershed
18.
What is a river that flows into another river?
a)
reservoir
b)
watershed
c)
tributary
d)
stream
19.
A divide separates ___________________.
a)
continents
b)
oceans
c)
tributaries
d)
watersheds
20.
Most of Earths surface water (97%) is salt water found in oceans
a)
True
b)
False
21.
3% of Earths surface water is found in Freshwater.
a)
true
b)
false
22.
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
23.
What is A?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
24.
What is B?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
25.
What is C?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
26.
What is D?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Condensation
c)
Precipitation
d)
Runoff
27.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
28.
What source of energy evaporates the most water from Earth’s surface?
a)
volcanoes
b)
the sun
c)
lightning
d)
wind
29.
What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
30.
Which human activity can speed up the process of eutrophication?
a)
Building cities
b)
Nuclear power plants
c)
Deforestation
d)
Farming
31.
Ponds and lakes are different from rivers because they _________________.
a)
contain water that is not moving
b)
are deeper
c)
are larger
d)
contain algae
32.
The build up of nutrients in a lake is a process called ________________.
a)
eutrophication
b)
volcanic eruption
c)
algae buildup
d)
pond death
33.
Light, gentle precipitation is more likely than heavy rain to end up as runoff.
a)
true
b)
false
34.
The slope of the land has little influence on water's ability to enter the ground.
a)
true
b)
false
35.
A stream's slope affects its carrying capacity.
a)
true
b)
false
36.
There is a greater potential for erosion and flooding on gradual slopes than on steep slopes.
a)
true
b)
false
37.
Carrying capacity increases as a stream'a slope and discharge increase.
a)
true
b)
false
38.
The carrying capacity of a stream depends on both the velocity and the ________.
a)
temperature of the water
b)
type of material through which the stream flows
c)
amount of water in the stream
d)
minerals dissolved in the stream
39.
Term: a periodically saturated area that develops after a lake fills in with water
a)
lake
b)
wetland
c)
swamp
d)
delta
40.
TERM: low-lying areas often located near streams that develop from filled-in marshes
a)
lake
b)
wetland
c)
swamp
d)
delta
41.
TERM: deposits of silt and clay particles at the mouth of rivers
a)
lake
b)
wetland
c)
swamp
d)
delta
42.
How does water get into the ground?
a)
evaporation
b)
infiltration
c)
precipitation
d)
condensation
43.
How does water get into the atmosphere?
a)
precipitation
b)
evaporation
c)
infiltration
d)
condensation
44.
The depth of the water table below the surface of land____________
a)
is deep below a lake or river
b)
varies depending on local conditions
c)
is above the surface of a swamp
d)
is always at 3m
45.
How are caves formed?
a)
permeability of water through fine-grained materials
b)
uplift of limestone rocks
c)
porosity of sandstone
d)
dissolution and precipitation of limestone
46.
What is a chracteristic of karst topography
a)
sinking streams
b)
sinkholes
c)
caves
d)
all of the above
47.
How is the water of a hot spring heated?
a)
by body heat of humans
b)
flows close to an area of recent igneous activity
c)
solar activity
d)
no one knows
48.
Where is most fresh water found on Earth?
a)
oceans
b)
atmosphere
c)
glaciers, polar ice caps
d)
lakes and rivers
49.
What is the major source of freshwater in the United States?
a)
mountain snowpack
b)
Mississippi River
c)
Great Lakes
d)
groundwater
50.
What is the common groundwater problem in coastal areas?
a)
saltwater contamination
b)
crude oil contamination
c)
sulfur in water
d)
excessive recharge
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