WorksheetsHydrosphere
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
What percentage of the Earth is covered in water?
71%
97%
55%
75%
What percentage of all water on Earth is FRESHWATER?
71%
97%
55%
3%
An area of land that contains a common set of streams and rivers that all drain into a single larger body of water
Aquifer
Watershed
Water table
Seepage
A large collection of groundwater is known as a(n)...
Aquifer
Watershed
Water table
Seepage
The highest point of the aquifer is known as the...
Aquifer
Watershed
Water table
Seepage
What type of ecosystem is created when the water table extends above the ground surface?
Ponds
Lakes
Wetlands
Streams
Whats the difference between lakes and ponds?
Lakes are deeper than 6 ft at all points
Ponds can support rooted plants
Ponds cannot support all trophic levels
Lakes do not contain algae
Where is most of the world's freshwater located?
Lakes & Rivers
Oceans
Groundwater
Glaciers
What is the majority of freshwater used for on the planet?
Agriculture
Industry
Personal Use
What color does water absorb the slowest?
Blue
Green
Yellow
Red
Which is NOT a way that the ocean receives salt?
Rivers & streams
Rain hitting the shoreline
Fish tears
Underwater volcanic activity
What causes ocean currents to move?
Thermohaline circulation
Earth's orbit
Earth's rotation
Coriolis Effect
What causes ocean current patterns to "bend"?
Thermohaline circulation
Earth's orbit
Wind
Coriolis Effect
Though there is no "beginning" or "end", which of the following have the correct ORDER of 1 trip through the water cycle
Evaporation > Condensation > Precipitation > Transpiration > Runoff
Condensation > Evaporation > Precipitation > Seepage> Transpiration
Runoff > Transpiration > Condensation > Precipitation
Precipitation > Seepage > Root Uptake > Transpiration > Condensation
When gravity pulls precipitation though the permeable soil.
Seepage
Root Uptake
Evaporation
Runoff
What drive the water cycle?
Wind
Plants
The Sun
Ground
