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Unit 9 Hydrology Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #1?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

e)

Collection

2.

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #2?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

e)

Collection

3.

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #3?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

e)

Collection

4.

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #4?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

e)

Collection

5.

Look at the diagram below. Which step in the water cycle is #6?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

e)

Collection

6.

What happens when the sun hits the water?

a)

The water evaporates

b)

Transpiration from plant leaves occurs

c)

Precipitation falls from the clouds

d)

None of the choices

7.

What is it called when gas (water vapor) turns into a liquid?

a)

evaporation

b)

transpiration

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

8.

When water is heated and changes from a liquid to a gas it is called

a)

condensation

b)

collection

c)

evaporation

d)

precipitation

9.

Rain, sleet, snow and hail are all types of

a)

precipitation

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

collection

10.

Water gathering in rivers, lakes, streams, oceans and other bodies of water is known as

a)

condensation

b)

collection

c)

evaporation

d)

precipitation

11.

Which process in the water cycle forms the CLOUDS?

a)

condensation

b)

collection

c)

evaporation

d)

precipitation

12.

What drives the water cycle?

a)

the sun

b)

gravity

c)

water

d)

clouds

13.

What percentage of earth’s water is FRESHWATER?

a)

75%

b)

3%

c)

97%

d)

25%

14.

What percentage of earth’s water is SALT WATER?

a)

3%

b)

75%

c)

97%

d)

25%

15.

SELECT ALL THAT APPLY: Which of the following is a source of freshwater?

a)

streams

b)

rivers

c)

lakes

d)

oceans

16.

How does temperature change the deeper you travel into the ocean? Why? (Choose the BEST answer)

a)

The temperature decreases as you get lower.

b)

The temperature increases as you get lower.

c)

The temperature decreases as you get lower because of the lack of sunlight.

d)

The temperature increases as you get lower because the sunlight increases.

17.

How does pressure change the deeper you travel into the ocean? Why? (Choose the BEST answer)

a)

Pressure increases as you get lower.

b)

Pressure decreases as you get lower.

c)

Pressure increases as you get lower because there is more water above you.

d)

Pressure decreases as you get lower because there is more water above you.

18.

How does ocean salinity change within the first 1,000 feet of depth? Why? (Choose the BEST answer.)

a)

The top layer is less salty than the lower layer since the water molecules evaporate into the clouds taking the salt with them.

b)

The top layer is less salty than the lower layer due to evaporation.

c)

The top layer is saltier than the lower layer due to evaporation.

d)

The top layer is saltier than the lower layer since the water molecules evaporate into the clouds leaving the salt behind.

19.

Select the answer that has the ocean zones in the correct order starting with the zone closest to the surface.

a)

Sunlight,Trenches, Abyss, Dark,Twilight

b)

Sunlight, Twilight, Dark, Abyss, Trenches

c)

Sunlight,Trenches, Dark, Abyss,Twilight

20.

Look at the diagram below.  What ocean floor feature matches letter A?

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Volcanic Island

d)

Seamount

21.

Look at the diagram below.  What ocean floor feature matches letter B?

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Volcanic Island

d)

Seamount

22.

Look at the diagram below.  What ocean floor feature matches letter C?

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Volcanic Island

d)

Seamount

23.

Look at the diagram below.  What ocean floor feature matches letter D?

a)

Abyssal Plain

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Mid Ocean Ridge

d)

Seamount

24.

Look at the diagram below.  What ocean floor feature matches letter E?

a)

Volcanic Island

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Mid Ocean Ridge

d)

Seamount

25.

Look at the diagram below.  What ocean floor feature matches letter F?

a)

Volcanic Island

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Mid Ocean Ridge

d)

Continental Shelf

26.

Look at the diagram below.  What ocean floor feature matches letter G?

a)

Volcanic Island

b)

Trench

c)

Mid Ocean Ridge

d)

Continental Shelf

27.

What type of current is the California current? 

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

28.

What type of current is the California current? 

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

29.

What type of currents come from the EQUATOR?

a)

warm

b)

cold

30.

What type of currents come from the POLES?

a)

warm

b)

cold

31.

What type of current is the Canary current? 

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

32.

What type of current is the Gulf Stream? 

a)

Warm

b)

Cold

33.

Where is the majority of our freshwater located?

a)

Groundwater

b)

icebergs, ice caps, glaciers

c)

Rivers/lakes

34.

____________ causes severe storms in the Pacific Ocean every 2-7 years because of abnormal temperatures.

a)

El Nino

b)

Currents

c)

The Water Cycle

35.

What causes the current to rotate?

a)

rotation of the earth

b)

gravity

c)

wind

d)

erosion

36.

The horizontal distance between wave crests is the

a)

wave height

b)

frequency

c)

trough

d)

wavelength

37.

The size of a wave is NOT affected by the

a)

strength of the wind

b)

length of time the wind blows across the water

c)

salinity of the water

d)

distance the wind blows across the water

38.

As a wave nears shore, the wave height increases and the wavelength

a)

stays the same

b)

increases

c)

doubles

d)

decreases

39.

Using the diagram above, identify the wave part at letter A.

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

e)

frequency

40.

Using the diagram above, identify the wave part at letter B.

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

e)

frequency

41.

Using the diagram above, identify the wave part at letter C.

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

e)

frequency

42.

Using the diagram above, identify the wave part at letter D.

a)

trough

b)

crest

c)

wavelength

d)

amplitude

e)

frequency