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WorksheetsPearson Ch. 7 All Review
Total questions: 89
Worksheet time: 51mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What amount of the earth's surface is covered with water?
a)
@25%
b)
@71%
c)
@91%
d)
@81%
2.
What amount of the water on the earth is salt water?
a)
25%
b)
71%
c)
97%
d)
99%
3.
Roughly 2/3 of the earth's freshwater is?
a)
frozen
b)
water vapor
c)
groundwater
d)
polluted water
4.
Categorically, the largest consumer of water in the U.S. is for what purpose?
a)
agriculture
b)
industry
c)
municipal
d)
recreation
5.
For what purpose is most of the water used in American households?
a)
washing machine
b)
dishwasher
c)
lawns
d)
showering
6.
Which country has staked its future on dams more than others?
a)
India
b)
China
c)
Isreal
d)
Palestine
7.
Why is water the most important substance on the planet?
a)
It Dilutes
b)
Drives Climate
c)
Sustains Life
d)
It's Pretty
8.
How is most water supplied for human consumption in the United States?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Divertion
c)
Desalination
d)
Dams
9.
What is the main reason why water is scarce?
a)
climate
b)
population
c)
over use
d)
priced too low
10.
Agriculture uses what percentage of the water worldwide?
a)
15%
b)
40%
c)
65%
d)
90%
11.
All living things need water in order to carry out their _____________.
a)
Habitat
b)
transpiration
c)
body processes
d)
personal water cycle
12.
Water is important because it provides habitats for many living things.
a)
True
b)
False
c)
Chicken Wing
d)
Poppy
13.
What is the name of the area of groundwater where it is saturated?
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water Table
14.
The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation:
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water Table
15.
Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:
a)
Groundwater
b)
Bogs
c)
Water in the ground
16.
When water soaks the ground it becomes groundwater through what process?
a)
Runoff
b)
Infiltration
c)
Transpiration
17.
The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is:
a)
Porosity
b)
Permeability
18.
A material that water cannot move through:
a)
permeable
b)
impermeable
c)
dam
19.
A substance has a low permeability when:
a)
Water can flow through easily
b)
Water CAN'T Flow through easily
20.
What is water that seeps into the ground into spaces between bits of rocks and soil?
a)
Water table
b)
Spring
c)
Aquifer
d)
Groundwater
21.
What is a hole dug below the water table that water seeps into?
a)
Well
b)
Spring
c)
Aquifer
d)
Reservoir
22.
What is the top of the water-filled spaces in the ground called?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Reservoir
c)
Water Table
d)
Well
23.
What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water that can flow called?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Spring
c)
Well
d)
Reservoir
24.
What is a place where groundwater seeps out of the ground called?
a)
Well
b)
Reservoir
c)
Aquifer
d)
Spring
25.
What are sources of water pollution?
a)
Precipitation as Acid rain
b)
Runoff water & Groundwater
c)
Industry & Household waste
d)
All of these
26.
What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?
a)
runoff
b)
recharge
c)
watershed
d)
valley
27.
What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?
a)
runoff
b)
discharge
c)
recharge
d)
tributary
28.
What mechanism controls the flow of water in runoff?
a)
gravity
b)
temperature
c)
permeability
d)
porosity
29.
An aquifer is a(n)
a)
well in which water rises because of pressure
b)
underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
c)
type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
d)
place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock
30.
A well in which groundwater rises because of pressure is called a(n)
a)
spring well
b)
geyser well
c)
artesian well
d)
cry well
31.
Which well(s) end(s) in a saturated zone?
a)
1 and 2
b)
1 only
c)
4 and 5
d)
1,3 and 5
32.
What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Water Table
c)
Precipitation
d)
Snow
33.
An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?
a)
Reservoir
b)
Aquifer
c)
Groundwater
d)
Watershed
34.
The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a
a)
water table
b)
trailer
c)
house
d)
watershed
35.
Because they have large connected pores, materials such as sand and gravel allow water to pass through. This is known as
a)
Permeable
b)
Impermeable
36.
Water from precipitation soaks down through permeable rock and soil layers. These layers contain air as well as water, so they are not saturated, or filled, with water. This top layer is thus called the
a)
unsaturated zone
b)
saturated zone
37.
At some depth, the water reaches a level where the pores in the ground are saturated with water, called the
a)
saturated zone
b)
unsaturated zone
38.
Any underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water and allows it to flow is called an
a)
Acquifer
b)
Ocean
c)
Water table
d)
Water shed
39.
What is the name of the area of groundwater where it is full of water?
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water Table
40.
What is the area underground where there is not any water?
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water
41.
The name of the area that is the upper level of the zone of saturation:
a)
Zone of Saturation
b)
Zone of Aeration
c)
Water Table
42.
Water stored below the Earth's surface is called:
a)
Groundwater
b)
Bogs
c)
Water in the ground
43.
When water soaks the ground it becomes groundwater through what process?
a)
Runoff
b)
Infiltration
c)
Transpiration
44.
The ability of a liquid to flow through a substance is:
a)
Porosity
b)
Permeability
45.
A material with a high porosity/permeability has:
a)
Little space
b)
A lot of space
c)
No space
46.
A substance has a low permeability when:
a)
Water can flow through easily
b)
Water CAN'T Flow through easily
47.
What is water that seeps into the ground into spaces between bits of rocks and soil?
a)
Water table
b)
Spring
c)
Aquifer
d)
Groundwater
48.
What is a hole dug below the water table that water seeps into?
a)
Well
b)
Spring
c)
Aquifer
d)
Reservoir
49.
What is the top of the water-filled spaces in the ground called?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Reservoir
c)
Water Table
d)
Well
50.
What is an underground layer of rock or soil filled with water (saturated) called?
a)
Aquifer
b)
Spring
c)
Well
d)
Reservoir
51.
What is a place where groundwater seeps out of the ground called?
a)
Well
b)
Reservoir
c)
Aquifer
d)
Spring
52.
What are sources of water pollution?
a)
Precipitation as Acid rain
b)
Runoff water & Groundwater
c)
Industry & Household waste
d)
All of these
53.
What do we call the land area that supplies water to a river system?
a)
runoff
b)
recharge
c)
watershed
d)
valley
54.
What do we call water that flows over the ground surface rather than soaking in?
a)
runoff
b)
discharge
c)
recharge
d)
tributary
55.
What mechanism controls the flow of water in runoff?
a)
gravity
b)
temperature
c)
permeability
d)
porosity
56.
An aquifer is a(n)
a)
well in which water rises because of pressure
b)
underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
c)
type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
d)
place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock
57.
A well in which groundwater rises because of pressure is called a(n)
a)
spring well
b)
geyser well
c)
artesian well
d)
cry well
58.
Which well(s) end(s) in a saturated zone?
a)
1 and 2
b)
1 only
c)
4 and 5
d)
1,3 and 5
59.
The materials that make up Aquifers A and B are
a)
permeable
b)
impermeable
60.
What is the water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers called?
a)
Groundwater
b)
Water Table
c)
Precipitation
d)
Snow
61.
An underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water?
a)
Reservoir
b)
Aquifer
c)
Groundwater
d)
Watershed
62.
The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a
a)
water table
b)
trailer
c)
house
d)
watershed
63.
Because they have large connected pores, materials such as sand and gravel allow water to pass through. This is known as
a)
Permeable
b)
Impermeable
64.
Water from precipitation soaks down through permeable rock and soil layers. These layers contain air as well as water, so they are not saturated, or filled, with water. This top layer is thus called the
a)
unsaturated zone
b)
saturated zone
65.
At some depth, the water reaches a level where the pores in the ground are saturated with water, called the
a)
saturated zone
b)
unsaturated zone
66.
Any underground layer of permeable rock or sediment that holds water and allows it to flow is called an
a)
Acquifer
b)
Ocean
c)
Water table
d)
Water shed
67.
The phenomena known as El Nino:
a)
Commonly occurs around Christmastime every 4 to 7 years
b)
Is indicated by a warming of the waters off the coast of Peru.
c)
Is indicated by a slowing down or reversal of the trade-winds
d)
All of these
68.
El Nino occurs when the tropical ocean waters are warmer in which ocean?
a)
Atlantic
b)
Indian
c)
Pacific
d)
Arctic
69.
During El Nino, trade winds weaken and sometimes reverse.
a)
True
b)
False
70.
El Niño affects weather patterns:
a)
off the coast of Peru only.
b)
Only on the coast of California
c)
Worldwide.
d)
Primarily in the middle of the ocean
71.
Which of the following is NOT a NEGATIVE impact of El Niño?
a)
Abundance of fish off the coast of Peru.
b)
Droughts in Australia
c)
Ice storms in eastern Canada
d)
Severe coastal storms rainfall, flooding, and mud slides on the west coast of the United States.
72.
The opposite of El Nino is La Nina.
a)
True
b)
False
73.
La Nina may cause droughts in the southern United States.
a)
True
b)
False
74.
During El Nino years, __________.
a)
trade winds strengthen
b)
ocean temps decrease off the coast of Peru
c)
ocean temps increase off the coast of Peru
d)
the jet stream is usually unaffected
75.
The _______________ is/are the shifting of winds and surface currents from their expected paths that is caused by Earth's rotation.
a)
surface currents
b)
Coriolis effect
c)
polar wind
d)
none of these
76.
Changes in temperature and salinity work together to create __________.
a)
density currents
b)
upwelling
c)
gravity
d)
the gulf stream
77.
A vertical circulation in the ocean that brings deep, cold water to the ocean surface.
a)
wave length
b)
surface currents
c)
density
d)
upwelling
78.
Surface currents move __________.
a)
vertical
b)
horizontal
c)
diagonal
d)
90 degree angle
79.
In the Northern Hemisphere, surface currents tend to move _____________.
a)
counter clockwise
b)
clockwise
c)
straight
d)
at a 90 degree angle
80.
Density currents slowly circulate deep ocean water.
a)
True
b)
False
81.
Surface currents _________ affect density currents.
a)
do
b)
do not
c)
sometimes
d)
always
82.
Salt can be removed from ocean water by a process called ____________.
a)
removification
b)
salinity
c)
desalination
d)
steady state
83.
Ocean water contains many dissolved salts. These salts arrive due to rocks that are dissolved slowly by _______________.
a)
carbon dioxide
b)
chemicals
c)
rivers and ground water
d)
water vapor
84.
Today around 81 percent of the Earth is covered by ocean water.
a)
True
b)
False
85.
Some animals, such as oysters, use dissolved calcium in the ocean water to form shells
a)
True
b)
False
86.
Scientists hypothesize that water vapor from ______________ created clouds that eventually lead to the creation of the Earth's oceans.
a)
cumulonimbus clouds
b)
valleys
c)
gases
d)
volcanoes
87.
Salinity is a measure of the _______________ dissolved in seawater.
a)
amount of oxygen
b)
amount of chlorine
c)
amount of salt
88.
Which of the following powers & causes surface currents to form?
a)
Moon
b)
Differences in density
c)
Wind
d)
Amount of Salinity
89.
Surface currents affect _____________.
a)
low tides
b)
the climate on continents
c)
the ocean bottom
d)
high tides
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