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Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 8mins
The continual movement of water among Earth's atmosphere, oceans and land surface is
precipitation
transpiration
water cycle
run off
The process by which water is lost through a plant's leaves is
transpiration
precipitation
water cycle
evaporation
Any form of water that falls from the clouds is
evaporation
well
abyssal plain
precipitation
The process by which molecules at the surface of a liquid absorb enough energy to change to a gas is
evaporation
water cycle
transpiration
precipitation
series of actions or operations leading toward a particular result is
divide
well
run off
process
rain that is not absorbed by the soil and travels to oceans and lakes is
watershed
continental slope
transpiration
run off
The land area that supplies water to a river system is
abyssal plain
watershed
transpiration
divide
Ridge of land that keep watershed separate
continental slope
abyssal plain
divide
well
An underground rock or sediment that holds water
acquifer
well
watershed
water cycle
Steep edge of a continental shelf
abyssal plain
well
divide
continental slope
broad area covered with thick layers of mud and silt
well
abyssal plain
continental slope
continental shelf
The water in Earth's ocean varies in
salinity, depth and color
depth, salinity and pressure
salinity, depth and temperature
distance, salinity and color
As you descend through the ocean the water temperature
stays the same
decrease
increase
none of the above
As you descend through the ocean pressure
decreases
is the same
increases
none of the above
Mot of Earth's water is tied up in which two areas?
glaciers and underground
ice and glaciers
underground and lakes
glaciers and lakes
Precipitation occurs because
the droplets evaporate in the air
the droplets are to light for the air to hold
the droplets are to heavy for the air to hold
the droplets are to tiny for the cloud to hold
