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The Water

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The three types of water movement...

a)

Waves, rivers and glaciers

b)

Currents, tides and waves

c)

Tides, upper course and tides

d)

Currents, waves and fresh water

2.

When warm, evaporated air rises, it cools and begins to turn into liquid again. This part of the water cycle is called:

a)

a: transpiration

b)

b: precipitation

c)

c: runoff

d)

d: condensation

3.

Examine the illustration of the water cycle. Use it to answer the question. Look at the arrows. Which arrow shows the evaporation stage of the water cycle?

a)

a: 1

b)

b: 2

c)

c: 3

d)

d: 4

4.

What does condensation look like in the sky?

a)

It looks like rain

b)

It looks like clouds

c)

It looks like a tornado

d)

I see it on my windows

5.

What process is happening in number 6?

a)

transpiration

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

accumulation

6.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
7.
Which of the following is a characteristic of freshwater?
a)
It can be safe for humans to drink
b)
It contains salt
c)
Oceans are made out of it
d)
Things float easier
8.
Oceans are made of:
a)
Saltwater
b)
Freshwater
c)
Both
9.
Lakes are made of:
a)
Saltwater
b)
Freshwater
c)
Both
10.

Approximately what percentage of Earth's water is FRESH water?

a)

97%

b)

71%

c)

30%

d)

None of the Above

11.
What is a river?
a)
A large body of freshwater
b)
A saltwater inlet of the ocean
c)
A natural large stream of flowing freshwater
d)
An underground waterway
12.

Check ALL of the following that contain salt water

a)

Lake

b)

Aquifer

c)

Sea

d)

Ocean

e)

Groundwater

13.

About the Earth's fresh water, which of the following stores more?

a)

Rivers

b)

Groundwater

c)

Glaciers

d)

Icebergs

14.

Where do we find meanders?

a)

In the river mouth

b)

In the upper course

c)

In the middle course

d)

In the lower course

15.

A river's ________________ is the starting point of the river.

a)

source

b)

triutaries

c)

mouth

d)

drainage basin

16.

The Rhine and Danube Rivers are located on the continent of Europe.

a)

True

b)

False

17.
What are three things that rivers do naturally?
a)
a.erode, transport, and deposit
b)
b. dissolve, precipitate, sublime
c)
c. evaporate, percolate, infiltrate
d)
d.none of these
18.

What landform can you see in this picture?

a)

Waterfall

b)

V Shaped Valley

c)

Meander

d)

Ox-bow lake

19.

What landform can you see in the picture?

a)

Meanders

b)

Rapids

c)

Estuary

d)

V shaped valleys

20.

What river is the longest river in the world?

a)

Ob River

b)

Nile River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Mississippi River

21.

What are some ways rivers are useful to people all over the world?

a)

Drinking water

b)

Bathing

c)

Travel

d)

Irrigation for crops

22.

What is the world's second longest river running through the a rain forest?

a)

Yangtze River

b)

Ganges River

c)

Yellow River

d)

Amazon River

23.

Where is the Murray River located?

a)

Australia

b)

Africa

c)

Asia

d)

Europe

24.
All rivers flow to an _____________________. 
a)
lake 
b)
ocean
c)
mountain
d)
pond
25.
"I am a smaller river joining a larger river" What am I?
a)
Confluence
b)
Tributary 
c)
Drainage Basin
d)
Watershed
26.

The river is at its highest altitude

a)

Upper course

b)

Lower Course

c)

Middle Course

27.

The river is wider, but not at its widest

a)

Upper course

b)

lower course

c)

Middle Course

28.
A ______ is surrounded by land on all sides.
a)
river
b)
ocean
c)
stream
d)
lake
29.
A _______ can be used to collect groundwater.
a)
ocean
b)
cloud
c)
well
d)
fork
30.
What type of fresh water takes the form of a solid?
a)
river
b)
glacier
c)
ocean
d)
lake
31.
When ice melts, it becomes a _________.
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
none of the above
32.

What is Earth's major water storage, home to 97.5% of all water on Earth?

a)

rivers

b)

glaciers

c)

ocean

d)

lakes

33.
What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Water Table
c)
Precipitation
d)
Snow
34.

Where is most freshwater on Earth located?

a)

Most of Earth's freshwater is found in lakes, rivers and streams.

b)

Most of Earth's freshwater is found in snow, ice caps and glaciers.

c)

Most of Earth's freshwater is found in the oceans and seas.

d)

Most of Earth's freshwater is found in groundwater.

35.

What is the main cause for the making of waves?

a)

The warm currents

b)

The gravitational energy of the moon and sun

c)

The water cycle

d)

The wind

36.

Which of the following lakes is found in America?

a)

Caspian Sea.

b)

Great Lakes

c)

Constanza

d)

Victoria

e)

Aral Sea

37.

What is a current?

a)

A constant movement of water in the oceans and seas

b)

A constant flow of underground water

c)

The different types of tides

d)

The movement caused by the wind

38.

A large mass of ice that moves from the high part of a mountain...

a)

Iceberg

b)

Glacier

c)

Snowed mountain

d)

Ice island

39.

Difference between an ocean and a sea...

a)

The ocean is larger and contains more fresh water

b)

The sea is smaller and contains divides the continents

c)

The oceans divide the continents and contains, in proportion less salt

d)

The seas are partly surrounded by land and contains, in proportion less salt.

40.

In there upper section of a river, we find...

a)

Estuaries

b)

Waterfalls

c)

Source

d)

Meanders

e)

Alluvial plains

41.

Which letter represents the Caribbean Sea?

a)

P

b)

Q

c)

R

d)

S

42.

Which ocean is between North America and Europe?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Southern Ocean

43.

Which ocean is largest?

a)

Atlantic Ocean

b)

Pacific Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean

d)

Arctic Ocean

44.

What body of water is letter X?

a)

North Sea

b)

Red Sea

c)

Baltic Sea

d)

Mediterranean Sea

45.
What ocean is between Africa and Australia?
a)
Pacific ocean
b)
Indian ocean
c)
Atlantic ocean
d)
Southern ocean
46.

What ocean is the red triangle in?

a)

Arctic

b)

Indian

c)

Atlantic

d)

Pacific

47.

In which section of a river, the water flow goes faster?

a)

Middle course

b)

Upper course

c)

Lower course

d)

In all of them

48.

In which part of the river can we find more sediments?

a)

In the middle course

b)

In the upper course

c)

In the lower course

d)

In all of them

49.

When water is described as potable, it is

a)

clouded with sediments

b)

low in oxygen

c)

safe to drink

d)

saturated with salts

50.

What controls the tides?

a)

The Wind

b)

The Waves

c)

The Moon

d)

The Stars

51.

Water in the ocean is always

a)

Moving

b)

Still

c)

Warming up

d)

Cooling down

52.
Which factor is MOST responsible for the ocean tides?
a)
the wind
b)
earthquakes
c)
the moon's gravity
d)
density differences in water
53.

Which type of ocean movement can be described as the rise and fall of sea level, mostly due to the gravitational influence of the moon?

a)

Current

b)

Wave

c)

Tide

54.

Which type of tides happen twice every day in most places?

a)

High/Low

b)

Spring

c)

Neap

55.

Tides are the regular rise and fall of ocean water.

a)

True

b)

False

56.

_______________ are flowing streams of water that move continually through the ocean in a specific direction.

a)

Carrots

b)

Breakers

c)

Currents

d)

Tides

57.

Is the California current a warm or cold?

a)

warm current

b)

cold current

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