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WorksheetsWater Cycle, Distribution & Ocean Floor
Total questions: 44
Worksheet time: 47mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What is the water cycle
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the process from which rain occurs
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
2.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
sublimation
3.
what is the main source of freshwater on earth
a)
ocean water
b)
well water
c)
pond water
d)
rainwater
4.
During which stage do clouds form?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
5.
Which stages does liquid water from the ocean turn into water vapor?
a)
condesantion
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
6.
Which stage does ground water try to return to the ocean or soak into the ground?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
7.
What is it called when plants give off water vapor as a waste product?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
sublimation
d)
transpiration
8.
What happens after groundwater at the very end/beginning of the water cycle?
a)
Evaporation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Condensation
d)
Groundwater
9.
When water _________, dew and clouds forms.
a)
Melts
b)
Evaporates
c)
Condenses
d)
Precipitates
10.
what causes water vapor to move
a)
wind
b)
snow
c)
water
d)
lava
11.
Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?
a)
plants
b)
wind
c)
sun
d)
gravity
12.
What are three stages of the water cycle?
a)
evaporation, condensation, precipitation
b)
condensation, precipitation, hibernation
c)
precipitation, dehydration, evaporation
d)
transpiration, dehydration, condensation
13.
____________ is the name for water that flows off of land forms back into the ocean.
a)
transpiration
b)
run off
c)
condensing
d)
snowmelt
14.
What is the water cycle?
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
15.
What is the process of humans putting water into the air through pores in their bodies called?
a)
transpiration
b)
accumulation
c)
perspiration
d)
evaporation
16.
What drives precipitation, runoff, and infiltration?
a)
the sun
b)
gravity
c)
cooling
17.
When water evaporates, it changes into a__________?
a)
solid
b)
mixture
c)
gas
d)
solution
18.
in what 3 percent of water on earth is in what .............
a)
ice caps,Glaciers
b)
ground water
c)
ocean water
d)
swiming pools
19.
Water that fills spaces between particles of rock and soil is
a)
rainwater
b)
salt water
c)
groundwater
d)
reservoir water
20.
The oceans cover about what percentage of Earth?
a)
25 percent
b)
50 percent
c)
75 percent
d)
90 percent
21.
97% of Earth's water is __________ water.
a)
Fresh
b)
Salt
24.
3% of Earth's surface water is _________ water.
a)
Fresh
b)
Salt
23.
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
24.
3% of Earth's surface water is _________ water.
a)
Fresh
b)
Salt
25.
What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?
a)
runoff
b)
recharge
c)
watershed
d)
valley
26.
A watershed is an
a)
area that drains into a stream or river
b)
section of land that juts into the ocean
c)
the shoreline of the ocean
d)
the end of a continent
27.
What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water called?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Spring
c)
Well
d)
Reservoir
28.
When water soaks the ground it becomes groundwater through what process?
a)
Runoff
b)
Infiltration
c)
Transpiration
29.
There were tables set up outside on the ______ so we could enjoy dinner with a view.
a)
terrestrial
b)
terrain
c)
territory
d)
terrace
30.
The shallowest(least deep) part of the ocean is the ____________________
a)
trench
b)
abyssal plain
c)
continental shelf
d)
continental slope
31.
What is a deep, underwater valley or canyon on the ocean floor?
a)
seamount
b)
trench
c)
continental rise
d)
continental slope
32.
A volcanic mountain that rises above the surface of the water is called ____________
a)
trench
b)
island
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
seamount
33.
If you are on the beach, laying on a beach towel and playing in the sand, you are on the _______________________
a)
continent
b)
continental slope
c)
abyssal plain
d)
continental shelf
34.
If you are walking into the ocean you would be on the continental...
a)
shelf
b)
slope
c)
rise
35.
A steep drop after the continental shelf is the continental...
a)
slope
b)
shelf
c)
rise
36.
mountain ranges in the ocean
a)
mid -ocean ridge
b)
trenches
c)
rift
d)
ocean basin
37.
Which process adds more crust to the ocean floor?
a)
earthquakes
b)
sea floor spreading
c)
subduction
d)
convection
38.
This boundary is also called a colliding boundary.
a)
transform
b)
convergent
c)
divergent
39.
This boundary moves away from another boundary.
a)
divergent
b)
convergent
c)
transform
40.
Alfred Wegener believed that all the continents were connected at one time. What did he call this one large land mass?
a)
Pancakes
b)
Pangaea
c)
Pancreas
d)
Patches
42.
A valley found in the middle of the mid-ocean ridge
a)
rift
b)
trenches
c)
abyssal plain
d)
ocean basin
42.
A valley found in the middle of the mid-ocean ridge
a)
rift
b)
trenches
c)
abyssal plain
d)
ocean basin
43.
What type of boundary do earthquakes usually occur along?
a)
transform
b)
divergent
c)
convergent
44.
What is letter C pointing to?
a)
abyssal plain
b)
seamount
c)
mid-ocean ridge
d)
continental shelf
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