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WorksheetsHydrology Review
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
What percentage of the planet is covered in Water?
96.5%
3.5%
1.74%
75%
Aquifers are
Places of freshwater that is underground
Salt water that is located underground
Oil Deposits
Empty caverns that can be used for storage
Water that infiltrate the soil is called...
saltwater
electrolytes
freshwater
groundwater
What conditions result in the highest rate of evaporation?
Clear skies, high temperatures, low humidity, strong winds
Low temperature, strong winds, high humidity, clear skies
High temperatures, light winds, high humidity, clear skies
Cloudy skies, low temperatures, high humidity, strond winds
What is it called when liquid water turns into a gas?
Condensation
Evaporation
Infiltration
Precipatation
What is the term for water that moves across the surface of the land and enters rivers and streams.
Aquifer
Infiltration
Groundwater
Runoff
What two characteristics affect the density of ocean water?
Temperature and Wind Speed
Salinity and Depth
Wave Size and Wave Strength
Temperature and Salinity
What is the steepest part of the continental margin
Continental Shelf
Continental Slope
Abyssal Plain
Treanch
This feature is the deepest part of the ocean...
Rift Valley
Seamount
Trench
Volcanic Island
Tides are caused by the....
Gravitational pull of the Sun
Gravitational pull of Jupiter
Gravitational pull of Mars
Gravitational pull of the Moon
Waves are caused by...
Wind
Evaporation
Density
Salinity
Deep ocean currents are caused by the rotation of the Earth.
True
False
A Spring Tide is occurs during the First Quarter phase
True
False
Both Spring Tides and Neap Tides only happen twice a month.
True
False
During a Spring Tide the high tides will be _____ and the low tides will be ____.
Lower; HIgher
unchanged; Lower
Higher; Unchanged
Higher; Lower
