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Water on Earth

Total questions: 30

Worksheet time: 3600secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is groundwater?

a)

water that fills space between rocks of Earth

b)

water found within a lake or pond

c)

water that is evaporated from the surface of Earth

d)

water that is found in the ocean

2.

Which term includes rain, hail, snow and sleet?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

subimation

d)

precipitation

3.
An area of permeable layer of rock or soil that holds a large amount of water in the saturated zone is called what?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Spring
c)
Well
d)
Reservoir
4.

Would an engineer test the properties of soil?

a)

Yes

b)

No

5.
A person who designs and builds things to solve specific problems is _____
a)
a builder
b)
a solver
c)
a scientist
d)
an engineer
6.
When they're trying to solve a problem, engineers follow a series of _____
a)
steps
b)
problems
c)
solutions
d)
tests
7.
When solving problems, the series of steps that engineers follow is called _____
a)
the engineering method
b)
the engineering process
c)
the engineering problem
d)
the scientific method
8.
Before you can solve a problem, the first thing you have to do is _____
a)
define the problem
b)
design your solution
c)
build a protoype
d)
test your solution
9.
Once you've figured out what problem you want to tackle, you need to _____
a)
do your research
b)
design your solution
c)
build a prototype
d)
test your solution
10.
After your research is done, this is where you _____
a)
define the problem
b)
develop a possible solution
c)
build a prototype
d)
test your solution
11.
In which step would you most likely get to draw?
a)
do your research
b)
design your solution
c)
build a prototype
d)
test your solution
12.
A simple model that lets you test out your design is called _____
a)
protoplasm
b)
an archetype
c)
a prototype
d)
a proton
13.
To see if it works like they want it to, engineers need to _____
a)
do their research
b)
design their solution
c)
define their problem
d)
test their solution
14.

After planning a solution, the next step is to __________.

a)

build a prototype

b)

improve

c)

ask questions

d)

test and evaluate

15.
What is it called when WATER is FORMED from an LIQUID to a WATER VAPOR Oor an [GAS]?
a)
EVAPORATION
b)
PRECIPITATION
c)
TRANSPIRATION
16.
What is evaporation?
a)
The part of the water cycle when the sun heats up water, turning it from a liquid into water vapor or steam. It rises from the ground into the air.
b)
The part of the water cycle when the water vapor in the air gets cold. The water turns back into a liquid and forms clouds.
c)
The part of the water cycle when clouds get heavy and can no longer hold the liquid water. This causes the water to fall from the sky to the earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail.
17.

What is the biosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

18.

What is the geosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

all the frozen water on the Earth

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

19.

What is the hydrosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

20.

What is the atmosphere?

a)

all the air and gases on the planet

b)

made up of living things

c)

the non-living soil, rocks, and minerals of the Earth

d)

the rivers, lakes, and oceans of the Earth

21.

The water on our planet is constantly moving between atmosphere, geosphere and hydrosphere. This movement is called _____ _____.

(a)  

22.

How much of the Earth is made of water?

a)

65%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

70%

23.

It is what happens when water overflows onto land that is dry

a)

Flooding

b)

Run-Off

c)

Rain

d)

Pollution

24.

Which city was constantly flooding so that engineer had to come up with a solution to prevent flooding?

a)

New York

b)

Chicago

c)

Newark

d)

Tampa

25.

How does groundwater occur?

a)

It doesn't occur

b)

Rain seeps into the ground until it is completely saturated

c)

it just happens at random

d)

When water runs off the surface due to maximum saturation

26.

If water can easily move between cracks of a rock, we can say that...

a)

water is permeable

b)

rock is permeable

c)

rock is impermeable

d)

water is impermeable

27.

What is porosity

a)

Rocks

b)

The percent of the volume of open spaces in rock or sediment

c)

Ability rock sediment fluids pass through open spaces/pores

d)

Nothing

28.

The process of water vapor turning back into liquid water, moving higher in the atmosphere.

a)

Condensation

b)

Precipitation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Steam

29.

Examples of this are, humidity, temperature, speed and air pressure

a)

Weather

b)

Rain

c)

Clouds

d)

Groundwater

30.

The average weather span over a 30 year period is called

a)

Climate

b)

Temperature

c)

Water Cycle

d)

Acquifier

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