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The Hydrosphere

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When unequal electrons share it is called a ________ bond

a)

Chemical bond

b)

Ionic Bond

c)

Covalent Polar Bond

d)

Electric Bond

2.

Attraction of different substances is ___________

a)

Cohesion

b)

Adhesion

c)

pH

d)

Contrast

3.

Attraction with molecules of the same substance is _________

a)

Cohesion

b)

Adhesion

c)

pH

d)

Contrast

4.

The attraction of a liquid to the surface of a solid is called ___________ _________

a)

Capillary Action

b)

Aquifier

c)

Water Table

d)

Ground Water

5.

__________ is the measure of how cloudy water is.

a)

Translucent

b)

Transparent

c)

Turbidity

d)

Opague

6.

Concentration of hydrogen ions is also known as ________

a)

pH

b)

Hp

c)

Aquifer

d)

Contrasting ions

7.

Amount of heat energy needed to increase the temperature of a substance is _________ _______ ________.

a)

Specific Heat Capacity

b)

Cold Capacity

c)

Room temp capacity

d)

Porosity

8.

A rock that holds groundwater and lets it flow is aka a

a)

Aquifer

b)

Humidifier

c)

Fog

d)

Run-off

9.

The higher level of groundwater is _______

a)

Substance Table

b)

Water Table

c)

Cold Layer

d)

Heat layer

10.

The area that provides water to a river system is a ________________

a)

Watershed

b)

snowshed

c)

Humidity house

d)

Dryshed

11.

All existing water on earth is the _____________________

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Runoff

c)

Troposphere

d)

Motosphere

12.

Water that moves towards the land and into other bodies of water is called

a)

Estuary

b)

Transportation

c)

Run-off

d)

Rain-off

13.

Place a freshwater stream or river collides with the ocean is called a ______________

a)

Current

b)

Estuary

c)

Porosity

d)

Sanctuary

14.

Flowing electric charge is found in a _____________

a)

Current

b)

Tides

c)

A dam

d)

Kinetic Wave

15.

A liquid or substance that is fit to drink is known as ____________________

a)

Troph

b)

Edible

c)

Potable

d)

Drink ability

16.

When water becomes rich in nutrients.

a)

Upwelling

b)

Eutrophication

c)

Cotrphication

d)

Tributary

17.

Nutrient water moving to the surface is _________________________

a)

Upwelling

b)

Groundwater

c)

Bioindicator

d)

Dewelling

18.

A sensitive reactive organism is a ________________________

a)

Bioindicator

b)

Responder

c)

Tributary

d)

Porosity

19.

A body of water that flows into a larger body of water

a)

Tributary

b)

Wetland

c)

Groundwater

20.

Water the beneath the earths surface is called ___________________

a)

solidwater

b)

groundwater

c)

wetland

d)

Highwater

21.

The repetitive process when water moves from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back is called_________________

a)

The water cycle

b)

The cloud cycle

c)

Brackish

d)

Concentration

22.

Land that has a shallow layer of water over it can be called _______________

a)

Drylands

b)

Wetlands

c)

Dessert

d)

Hydrosphere

23.

Something salty is _______

a)

Brackish

b)

Moist

c)

Rough

d)

pH

24.

Sunlight area near the surface of water is called the ________ zone

a)

Photic

b)

Troph

c)

Dry

d)

Hydrosphereic