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Warm-up: Water Transportation

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 20mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Where is most water found on the Earth?

a)

In Glaciers (fresh)

b)

In Lakes (mostly fresh)

c)

In Rivers (fresh)

d)

In the Ocean (saline)

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.
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
9.
A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another 
a)
bank
b)
cliff
c)
divide
d)
partition
10.

The Potomac River flows into which major watershed?

a)

Atlantic

b)

Bull Run

c)

Chesapeake Bay

d)

Broad Run

11.

Rivers, springs, and aquifers are all-

a)

sources of fresh water

b)

located above ground

c)

human-made structures

d)

frozen in water

12.

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

a)

watersheds

b)

tributaries

c)

divides

d)

aquifers

13.

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

14.

Which watershed is labeled number 1?

a)

North Carolina Sounds Watershed

b)

Mississippi River Watershed

c)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

d)

Virginia Inlet Watershed

15.

Which watershed is labeled number 3?

a)

North Carolina Sounds Watershed

b)

Gulf of Mexico Watershed

c)

Chesapeake Bay Watershed

d)

Virginia Inlet Watershed