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Water Cycle and Watersheds Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 7mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Where is most water found on the Earth? 
a)
In Glaciers
b)
In Lakes
c)
In Rivers
d)
In the Ocean
2.
What is water doing when it is changed to water vapor? 
a)
Evaporating
b)
Condensing
c)
Precipitating
3.
What is water doing when it changes to water? 
a)
Evaporating
b)
Condensing
c)
Precipitating
4.
What controls whether water is a gas, liquid, or solid ice? 
a)
the shape or size of the cup
b)
where it has been stored
c)
if it is being used for irrigation
d)
what its temperature is 
5.
Predict what might happen to a river when heavy rains soak the soil near it.  The river will 
a)
sink
b)
rise
c)
freeze
d)
not change
6.
When plants lose water into the atmosphere as a gas, this is called. . .
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
7.
Water Droplets in clouds become heavy and fall back to earth
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
transpiration
8.
An area of land where the surface water and ground water drain into a particular body of water.
a)
aquifer
b)
watershed
c)
subsidence
d)
divide
9.
A ___________________ is the area of land that collects runoff and channels it into a main river.
a)
rill
b)
gully
c)
stream channel
d)
watershed
10.
A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another 
a)
bank
b)
cliff
c)
divide
d)
partition
11.
What percentage of the earth is covered by water?
a)
97%
b)
71%
c)
3%
d)
80%
12.

Most Virginia rivers, like the James and Roanoke, flow in what direction?

a)

Northeast

b)

Southeast

c)

Southwest

d)

Northwest

13.

The Potomac River flows into which major watershed?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Bull Run

c)

Chesapeake Bay

d)

Broad Run

14.

What describes the smaller streams and rivers that feed into the larger streams/rivers?

a)

Branches

b)

Tributaries

c)

Channels

d)

Aquifers

15.

Rivers, springs, and aquifers are all-

a)

sources of fresh water

b)

located above ground

c)

human-made structures

d)

frozen in water

16.

Underground layers of Earth's surface that store water are known as-

a)

watersheds

b)

tributaries

c)

divides

d)

aquifers

17.

Which source of freshwater forms when the water table reaches the Earth's surface?

a)

a well

b)

an aquifer

c)

a spring

d)

a reservoir

18.

Which watershed is labeled number 1?

a)

North Carolina Sounds Watershed

b)

Mississippi River Watershed

c)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

d)

Virginia Inlet Watershed

19.

Which watershed is labeled number 2?

a)

North Carolina Sounds Watershed

b)

Gulf of Mexico Watershed

c)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

d)

Virginia Inlet Watershed

20.

Which watershed is labeled number 3?

a)

North Carolina Sounds Watershed

b)

Gulf of Mexico Watershed

c)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

d)

Virginia Inlet Watershed

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