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Sci 9 Surface Water Movement

Total questions: 68

Worksheet time: 35mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
The circulation of the earth's water, in which water evaporates from the sea into the atmosphere, where it condenses and falls as rain or snow, returning to the sea by rivers or returning to the atmosphere by evapo-transpiration is called the...
a)
carbon cycle
b)
nitrogen cycle
c)
water cycle
d)
rock cycle
2.
What is occurring at A in the diagram?
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
3.
What process is happening at C in the diagram?
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
4.
What is the source of groundwater?
a)
rain, snow, melted glaciers
b)
ocean water
c)
icebergs
d)
water from fossilized animals
5.
An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.
a)
water table
b)
aquifer
c)
watershed
d)
river
6.
The circulation of the earth's water, in which water evaporates from the sea into the atmosphere, where it condenses and falls as rain or snow, returning to the sea by rivers or returning to the atmosphere by evapo-transpiration is called the...
a)
carbon cycle
b)
nitrogen cycle
c)
water cycle
d)
rock cycle
7.
What is occurring at A in the diagram?
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
8.
What process is happening at C in the diagram?
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
condensation
d)
transpiration
9.
H2O is a/an…
a)
element
b)
molecule of a compound
c)
atom
d)
molecule of an element
10.
What is the source of groundwater?
a)
rain, snow, melted glaciers
b)
ocean water
c)
icebergs
d)
water from fossilized animals
11.
An underground layer of permeable rock that holds groundwater which can be extracted by drilling a well.
a)
water table
b)
aquifer
c)
watershed
d)
river
12.
The top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wells
a)
aquifer
b)
water table
c)
watershed
d)
drainage system
13.
How do people extract groundwater?
a)
groundwater cannot be extracted
b)
by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground
c)
mining water from the Earth
d)
answer not shown
14.

What percentage of the world's water is found in the Oceans?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

97%

e)

99%

15.

What is a polar molecule?

a)

It is a negative charge

b)

It has a positive charge

c)

It is positive on one side, negative on the other

d)

It is positive on the outside, negative on the inside

16.

How can flash floods occur in the desert?

a)

The rainstorm can be far away

b)

The soil may not accept water seepage

c)

The soil may not have much vegetation

d)

All of these may be contributing factors

17.

How does water leave the atmosphere? Give the most complete answer.

a)

Rain

b)

Sleet

c)

Precipitation

d)

Hail

18.

Salt is what

a)

Suspended load

b)

Dissolved load

c)

Bed load

d)

Stream load

19.

A rock

a)

Suspended load

b)

Dissolved load

c)

Bed load

d)

Stream load

20.

How water leaves plants is what?

a)

Persperation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evapotranspiration

21.

Movement of water through the soils of Earth is what?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Infiltration

c)

Exfoliation

d)

Precipitation

22.

What happens when water evaporates into a gas?

a)

Energy is destroyed

b)

Energy is released

c)

Energy is absorbed

d)

Nothing happens

23.

What happens to your hand, if water vapor condenses into liquid water on it?

a)

Your hand will become colder

b)

Your hand will not change temperature, not even a bit

c)

Your hand will become very dry

d)

Your hand will become warmer

24.

In which of the following are the molecules of H2O the closest together?

a)

Gas

b)

Water

c)

Solid

d)

All are the same

25.

In which of the following are the molecules of H2O moving the fastest?

a)

Gas

b)

Liquid

c)

Solid

d)

All are the same

26.
How do people extract groundwater?
a)
groundwater cannot be extracted
b)
by drilling wells and pumping water out of the ground
c)
mining water from the Earth
d)
answer not shown
27.

What percentage of the world's water is found in the Oceans?

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

97%

e)

99%

28.

How can flash floods occur in the desert?

a)

The rainstorm can be far away

b)

The soil may not accept water seepage

c)

The soil may not have much vegetation

d)

All of these may be contributing factors

29.

How does water leave the atmosphere? Give the most complete answer.

a)

Rain

b)

Sleet

c)

Precipitation

d)

Hail

30.

Salt is what

a)

Suspended load

b)

Dissolved load

c)

Bed load

d)

Stream load

31.

A rock

a)

Suspended load

b)

Dissolved load

c)

Bed load

d)

Stream load

32.

How water leaves plants is what?

a)

Persperation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evapotranspiration

33.

Movement of water through the soils of Earth is what?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Infiltration

c)

Exfoliation

d)

Precipitation

34.

Which of these shows a diagram of a Drianage Basin?

a)
b)
35.

Which of these shows a river channel?

a)
b)
36.

The _________ is where streams/rivers begin.

a)

Source

b)

Confluence

c)

Tributary

d)

Mouth

37.

A _________ is a smaller stream/river that contributes to the main river a drainage basin.

a)

Tributary

b)

Mouth

c)

Watershed

d)

Source

38.

_________ is where streams/rivers meet each other.

a)

Confluence

b)

Tributary

c)

Mouth

d)

Watershed

39.

The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.

a)

Watershed

b)

Source

c)

Confluence

d)

Tributary

40.

The _________ is where the main river will eventually drain all its water into.

a)

Mouth

b)

Watershed

c)

Source

d)

Confluence

41.

The _________ is an area of land that separates water flowing into different drainage basins.

a)

Watershed

b)

Source

c)

Confluence

d)

Tributary

42.
Drainage area of a river.
a)
River basin
b)
Groundwater
c)
Estuary
d)
Watershed
43.
Which stage does the #3 show in the diagram?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
44.

Which stage does the arrow below #2 show in the diagram?

a)

condensation

b)

evaporation

c)

precipitation

d)

run off

45.
What is a layer of rock or sediment that holds water?
a)
glacier
b)
well
c)
aquifer
d)
natural spring
46.
What is the water cycle?
a)
the 3 forms of water
b)
the movement of water on, above, or below the surface of the Earth
c)
when water melts
d)
when clouds form
47.

What is the energy source for the hydrological cycle?

a)

the Sun

b)

the Earth

c)

water

d)

the Moon

48.

What is an area of land drained by a main river and its tributaries?

a)

Watershed

b)

Bath Tub

c)

Drainage Basin

d)

Water Cycle

49.

What marks the boundary between two drainage basins?

a)

A fence

b)

A river

c)

A watershed

d)

A confluence

50.

3% of the Earth's water is fresh.

a)

True

b)

False

51.
What is "plants sweating"?
a)
Regulation
b)
Percolation
c)
Occupation
d)
Transpiration
52.
A floodplain is adjacent to a _______________ and is periodically covered with water.
a)
ocean
b)
water pipeline
c)
stream
d)
parking lot
53.
Floodplains are important because they provide a place for flood water to
a)
go when the channel overflows 
b)
dissipate (reduce) energy 
c)
reduce in velocity
d)
All are correct
54.

The arrow shows rain water soaking into the ground. This is an example of

a)

Runoff

b)

Infiltration

c)

erosion

d)

impervious surface

55.

An area of land where all streams/rivers flow toward the same body of water is called a

a)

watershed

b)

floodplain

c)

delta

d)

confluence

56.

A floodplain can be found on...

a)

High-lying, steep ground

b)

Low-lying, steep ground

c)

High-lying, flat ground

d)

Low-lying, flat ground

57.

A floodplain is an area that...

a)

is covered in water when a river overflows it's banks.

b)

is permanently covered in flood water.

c)

is the river channel between it's banks.

d)

is the watershed.

58.

The natural embankments caused by the deposition of large material next to the river channel are called...

a)

Dams

b)

Bankful widths

c)

River Walls

d)

Levees

59.

Sediment is distributed across the floodplain...

a)

Evenly

b)

Heaviest material closest to the channel, lightest material further away.

c)

Lightest material closest to the channel, heaviest material further away.

d)

Randomly

60.

River deltas are found...

a)

at river mouths and estuaries.

b)

on river floodplains.

c)

next to meanders.

d)

all of the above

61.

Deltas are landforms of...

a)

Erosion

b)

Transportation

c)

Deposition

d)

All of the above.

62.

Water flowing downslope along Earth's surface is called ___.

a)

water fall

b)

runoff

c)

water shed

d)

stream

63.

Infiltration of water into the ground depends on the number of open ________.

a)

divide

b)

holes

c)

fissures

d)

pores

64.

All the land area that drains into a stream system is the system’s _________.

a)

runoff

b)

bed load

c)

watershed

d)

discharge

65.

Elevated land areas called __________ separate one watershed from another.

a)

mountains

b)

divides

c)

water splits

d)

water falls

66.

A stream’s __________ is the material the stream carries.

a)

load

b)

bed

c)

carrying

d)

discharge

67.

Sediments that are transported by streams, but too large to be held up in suspension.

a)

bed load

b)

discharge

c)

gravel

d)

rock

68.

The narrow channel carved over time by the water of a stream into sediment or rock layers.

a)

stream channel

b)

rejuvenation

c)

lake

d)

eutrophication

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