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Hydrological Cycle (Water Cycle and Water Insecurity - Paper 1)

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The pattern of river discharge over a year

(a)  

2.

Water moving vertically from soil into permeable rock

a)

Infiltration

b)

Percolation

c)

Interception

3.

Raindrops prevented from falling directly onto the ground, instead hitting the leaves of a tree

(a)  

4.

What type of rainfall is this?

a)

Frontal

b)

Relief

c)

Convectional

5.

The movement of water vertically through the pores of the soil

(a)  

6.

Water moving horizontally through permeable or porous rock due to gravity

a)

Groundwater flow

b)

Throughflow

7.

The continuous transfer of water between land, atmosphere and oceans. This is a closed system.

(a)  

8.

What is the red dotted line?

(a)  

9.

The annual balance between inputs and outputs within a system

a)

Water balance

b)

Water budget

c)

Water building

10.

The process through which water evaporates through the stomata in plant leaves

(a)  

11.

Water moving horizontally through the soil

(a)  

12.

Water flowing over the surface of the ground

a)

Surface run off

b)

Surface sit down

c)

Surface skiing

13.

Which of the following are stores of water within the hydrological cycle - choose all that apply

a)

Interception storage

b)

Soil moisture storage

c)

Groundwater storage

d)

Surface storage

e)

Channel Storage

14.

Gravitational Potential energy is one of the two energy drivers of the hydrological cycle. Name the other type of energy.

(a)  

15.

What needs to be greater than potential evapotranspiration for there to be a soil moisture surplus?

(a)