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surface water

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 40mins

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 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
7.
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
8.

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

a)

25%

b)

50%

c)

75%

d)

97%

e)

99%

9.

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

a)

Rain

b)

Sleet

c)

Precipitation

d)

Hail

10.

A rock

a)

Suspended load

b)

Dissolved load

c)

Bed load

d)

Stream load

11.

Salt is what

a)

Suspended load

b)

Dissolved load

c)

Bed load

d)

Stream load

12.

Movement of water through the soils of Earth is what?

a)

Diffusion

b)

Infiltration

c)

Exfoliation

d)

Precipitation

13.

How water leaves plants is what?

a)

Persperation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evapotranspiration

14.

Why was there lead levels so high in Flint, MI?

a)

The lake had high levels of lead.

b)

The water was not purified correctly

c)

There was no lead in the water

d)

The lead from the pipes was getting in the water

15.

Which part of the image of rocks will hold more water?

a)

Right

b)

Left

c)

Center

16.

This is the flow of underground water when it reaches the surface.

a)

Groundwater

b)

Spring

c)

Geyser

d)

Well

17.

What percent of the Earth is Fresh Water?

a)

97%

b)

45%

c)

22%

d)

3%

18.

When rocks and soil become saturated, the ground water rises. This is called:

a)

Spring

b)

Geyser

c)

Cave

d)

Water Table

19.

What types of soil can hold a LOT of water? (select all that apply)

a)

Soil with few pores

b)

Soil with lots of pores

c)

Loosely packed soil

d)

Tightly packed soil

20.

Which of the following is a source of air pollution?

a)

Difficulty in breathing

b)

Factories

c)

Eye irritation

d)

Drinking water

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