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WorksheetsCycles and Watersheds
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 2hrs 30mins
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Class
Date
1.
The supply of freshwater under the Earth's surface.
a)
watershed
b)
mouth
c)
headwaters
d)
groundwater
2.
An area of land that drains into a body of water.
a)
mouth
b)
point-source pollution
c)
watershed
d)
headwaters
3.
What determines the shape of a watershed?
a)
the size of the river
b)
the amount of precipitation
c)
the wind direction
d)
the shape of the land
4.
Most of the energy that drives the water cycle comes from the
a)
Earth's core
b)
Equator
c)
Sun
d)
Earth's oceans
5.
The change of water from a liquid to a gas.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
6.
Any type of moisture that falls to the Earth.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
7.
The release of moisture by living plants.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
8.
The change of water from a vapor to a liquid.
a)
evaporation
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
9.
The flow of water from land into a body of water.
a)
groundwater
b)
headwaters
c)
run-off
d)
infiltration
10.
How does carbon dioxide leave the atmosphere?
a)
Through transpiration
b)
Through photosynthesis
c)
Through factory emission
d)
Sunlight
11.
What is one way that carbon enters the atmosphere?
a)
Sunlight
b)
Factory emissions
c)
Ocean uptake
d)
Rain
12.
What happens when organisms die and decay?
a)
Their bodies are lifted up
b)
Their nitrogen returns to the soil
c)
they keep their nitrogen
d)
They stay on earth forever
13.
Where does nitrogen move?
a)
In human bodies
b)
In buildings
c)
Between animals, bacteria, plants, and the atmosphere.
d)
only in the air
14.
We all live in a watershed.
a)
True
b)
False
15.
During decomposition of plant or animals, oxygen near the stream bottom will:
a)
Increase
b)
Decrease
c)
Not Change
d)
Can't Tell
16.
Which of these would water soak into?
a)
Driveway
b)
Street
c)
Garden
d)
Sidewalk
17.
Which of these would water run off of?
a)
Farmland
b)
Lawn
c)
Baseball field
d)
Parking lot
18.
What are tributaries?
a)
People who honor others
b)
Smaller rivers that flow into larger rivers
c)
A lake or an ocean
d)
Large ships
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