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Watercycle/ watershed intro.

Total questions: 57

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
What is all the water that runs off the surface of the land and washes into rivers, streams, and other waterways called?
a)
Runoff
b)
Storm Drain
c)
Surface Water
d)
Tributary
2.
What is a watershed?
a)
Water in an area
b)
Water that flows into a river or stream
c)
Land that water flows over and through
d)
Water that is salty
3.
What is an area of higher elevation that separates watersheds?
a)
Estuary
b)
Divide
c)
Wetland
d)
Transition zones
4.

Look closely at the map of the watershed below. If water enters the watershed at the top of the mountain where the arrow is pointing, at which point will it stop draining?

a)

Point A

b)

Point B

c)

Point C

d)

Point D

5.

The boundaries of a watershed are determined by ___________

a)

Elevation

b)

Soil type

c)

The amount of water that flows

d)

The kinds of organisms found in the area

6.

All water below the surface of land is called__________.

a)

water table

b)

watershed

c)

groundwater

d)

runoff

7.

__________ tells you how healthy the water is.

a)

water quantity

b)

water quality

c)

good water

d)

tasty water

8.

Where are you most likely to find a watershed?

a)

In a lake

b)

On a mountain top

c)

At the bottom of a valley

d)

Everywhere

9.

What definition BEST describes a watershed?

a)

An area where water infiltrates the soil

b)

An area where aquatic plants and animals thrive

c)

An area where snow melts and changes into liquid water

d)

An area that collects precipitation and drains it to the lowest point

10.

All water below the surface of land is called__________.

a)

water table

b)

watershed

c)

groundwater

d)

runoff

11.

The process where water or irrigation runs over land and seeps into the ground, or flows into streams or oceans.

a)

water cycle

b)

runoff

c)

precipitation

d)

evaporation

12.

Groundwater is recharged when rainwater infiltrates into the ground.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Runoffs recharge lakes and streams.

a)

True

b)

False

14.
What happens to a rock when it weathers?
a)
It settles out of water that is carrying it.
b)
It creates a valley.
c)
It forms a delta.
d)
It breaks into small pieces.
15.
Acid rain causes
a)
physical weathering.
b)
chemical weathering.
c)
both chemical and physical weathering.
d)
neither chemical or physical weathering.
16.
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
17.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
18.
What part of the water cycle does this picture show?
a)
condensation
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
19.
What is the energy source for the water cycle?
a)
the sun
b)
the earth
c)
water
d)
the moon
20.
Where is most water found on the Earth? 
a)
In Glaciers
b)
In Lakes
c)
In Rivers
d)
In the Ocean
21.
The water that fills lakes and rivers
a)
groundwater
b)
surface water
c)
water table
d)
saturated zone
22.

Infiltration is the process by which water enters and absorbs into the soil.

a)

True

b)

False

23.
Water stored  in cracks and pores below the Earth's surface is called:
a)
Groundwater
b)
Bogs
c)
Water in the ground
d)
surface water
24.

What effect does the sun have on surface water?

a)

It causes it to boil

b)

It causes it to sink

c)

It causes it to rain

d)

It causes it to evaporate

25.

Which of the following options depicts precipitation?

a)
b)
c)
d)
26.

An area of land that drains into one body of water is called -

a)

a watershed

b)

a wetland

c)

a forest buffer

d)

an estuary

27.

What does the number 3 shows?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Transpiration

d)

Precipitation

28.
Which of the following is a part of the water cycle?
a)
evaporation
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
all of the above
29.

Water that collects in cracks and pores in underground soil and rock layers

a)

Surface Water

b)

Point Source Pollution

c)

Groundwater

d)

Watershed

30.
water found in an aquifer (  underground layer that contains groundwater)
a)
Runoff
b)
Turbidity
c)
Groundwater
d)
Non-point source pollution
31.
the excess water that flows over land when the soil below it is flooded
a)
Watershed
b)
Runoff
c)
Non-point source pollution
d)
Groundwater
32.
any body of water above ground, including oceans, streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands, reservoirs, and creeks
a)
Non-point source pollution
b)
Surface water
c)
Watershed
d)
Aquifer
33.
the study of shape and features on the surface of the Earth
a)
Watershed
b)
Runoff
c)
Topography
d)
Surface water
34.
Wide, flat areas on the sides of a river where overflow water spills.
a)
Flood Plains
b)
Wetlands
c)
The North Carolina Sound
d)
The Chesapeake Bay Watershed
e)
No choice is correct
35.

As a part of the water cycle, water from Earth's surface enters the clouds and finally falls back to the ground in the form of rain. What is the correct sequence of processes water undergoes?

a)

Evaporation, Condensation, Precipitation

b)

Precipitation, Condensation, Evaporation

c)

Condensation, Evaporation, Precipitation

d)

Evaporation, Precipitation, Condensation

36.

The image shows various stages in the water cycle. During which stage does water flow back towards the sea as runoff?

a)

W

b)

X

c)

Y

d)

Z

37.

What is precipitation?

a)

Sweat from our bodies on hot days

b)

Warm rain but not cold snow or sleet

c)

Gas that we use in furnaces or ovens

d)

Any form of water that falls from the sky

38.

The process when plants release water vapor from their leaves is called _____________.

a)

precipitation

b)

evaporation

c)

transpiration

d)

condensation

39.

What step of the water cycle does this picture show?

a)

Condensation

b)

Runoff

c)

Precipitation

d)

Evaporation

40.
What step of the water cycle occurs when clouds become too heavy? 
a)
Condensation
b)
Runoff
c)
Precipitation
d)
Evaporation
41.

Which best explains why runoff is important?

a)

It returns water to other locations on Earth

b)

It increases the chance of flooding

c)

It makes evaporation occur faster

d)

It increases condensation

42.
The water cycle has
a)
a beginning and an end. 
b)
no beginning an no end. 
c)
only a beginning. 
d)
only an end. 
43.

In which area would the rate of evaporation be the lowest?

a)

Over the ocean

b)

Over the mountains

c)

Over the rainforest

d)

Over the desert

44.

What are formed when water vapor condenses and come together?

a)

Clouds

b)

Mountains

c)

Transpiration

d)

Valleys

45.
Precipitation occurs because 
a)
the droplets evaporate in the air
b)
the droplets are too light for the air to hold
c)
the droplets are too heavy for the air to hold
46.
When water turns into a gas
a)
condensation 
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
47.
What is water that flows in rivers and streams into the oceans and lakes?
a)
evaporating
b)
condensing
c)
precipitating
d)
runoff
48.
Which stage does the #2 show in the diagram?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
49.
Which stage does the #3 show in the diagram?
a)
condensation
b)

evapotranspiration

c)
precipitation
d)
run off
50.
what does the #4 show in the diagram?
a)
condensation
b)
evaporation
c)
precipitation
d)
run off
51.

As permeability increases

a)

Infiltration decreases and runoff decreases

b)

Infiltration increases and runoff decreases

c)

Infiltration decreases and runoff increases

d)

Infiltration increases and runoff increases

52.

What type of sediment tends to be the most impermeable?

a)

sand

b)

clay

c)

silt

d)

rocks

53.

If water can easily move between cracks of a rock, we can say that...

a)

water is permeable

b)

rock is permeable

c)

rock is impermeable

d)

water is impermeable

54.

______ is more permeable since water passes through it

a)

gravel

b)

sand

c)

clay

d)

Silt

55.

What is porosity

a)

Rocks

b)

The percent of the volume of open spaces in rock or sediment

c)

Ability rock sediment fluids pass through open spaces/pores

d)

Nothing

56.

If porosity is low then permeability is

a)

low

b)

high

57.

A soil sample with a large amount of space between the particles WILL ALWAYS have a

a)

high porosity

b)

lower permeability rate

c)

low porosity

d)

high permeability rate

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