WorksheetsEWMS: Earth's Water Vocabulary
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The path that a stream follows…
a)
Water Shed
b)
Tributary
c)
Groundwater
d)
Channel
2.
The quantity of heat required to raise a unit mass of homogeneous material 1 °K or 1 °C in a specified way, given constant pressure and volume…
a)
Specific Heat
b)
Adhesion
c)
Cohesion
d)
Polarity
3.
In a solution, the substance in which the solute dissolves…
a)
Solvent
b)
Sublimation
c)
Transpiration
d)
Polarity
4.
Any form of water that falls to Earth’s surface from the clouds…
a)
Evaporation
b)
Precipitation
c)
Condensation
d)
Transpiration
5.
A body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater…
a)
Surface water
b)
Tributary
c)
Watershed
d)
Aquifer
6.
The change of state from a liquid to a gas that usually occurs at the surface of liquid over a wide range of temperatures…
a)
Condensation
b)
Transpiration
c)
Evaporation
d)
Sublimation
7.
The area of land that is drained by a river system…
a)
Channel
b)
Tributary
c)
Watershed
d)
Water Table
8.
The water that is beneath Earth’s surface…
a)
Surface water
b)
Water Cycle
c)
Channel
d)
Groundwater
9.
The force that holds molecules of a single material together…
a)
Cohesion
b)
Adhesion
c)
Specific Heat
d)
Solvent
10.
A property of a system in which two points have opposite characteristic, such as charges or magnetic poles…
a)
Specific Heat
b)
Polarity
c)
Cohesion
d)
Aquifer
11.
All bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground…
a)
Channel
b)
Surface Water
c)
Tributary
d)
Groundwater
12.
The continuous movement of water between the atmosphere, the land, the oceans, and living things…
a)
Water Table
b)
Aquifer
c)
Water Cycle
d)
Divide
13.
The curving of the path of a moving object from an otherwise straight path due to Earth’s rotation
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Deep Current
c)
Ocean Current
d)
Convection Current
14.
A movement of ocean water that follows a regular pattern.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
Upwelling
c)
Ocean current
d)
Eutrophication
15.
The movement of deep, cold, and nutrient-rich water to the surface.
a)
Upwelling
b)
Eutophication
c)
Downwelling
d)
Thermal Pollution
16.
Waste, matter, or other material that is introduced into water and that is harmful to organisms that live in, drink, or are exposed to the water.
a)
Eutrophication
b)
Reservoir
c)
Potable
d)
Water Pollution
17.
Pollution that comes from a specific site.
a)
Thermal Pollution
b)
Potable
c)
Point-source Pollution
d)
Potable
18.
A temperature increase in a body of water that is caused by human activity and has a harmful effect on water quality and on the ability of that body of water to support life.
a)
Thermal Pollution
b)
Upwelling
c)
Point-source Pollution
d)
Potable
19.
Water that is suitable to drink.
a)
Eutrophication
b)
Point-source
c)
Upwelling
d)
Potable
20.
A body of water that usually forms behind a dam.
a)
Ocean
b)
Lake
c)
Reservoir
d)
Stream
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