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Science 5 - Activity revision

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

_________ is a slowly moving body of ice on land.

a)

ice caps

b)

glacier

c)

sleet

d)

snow

2.

Earth’s water is not evenly __________   or spread out.

a)

moving

b)

saline

c)

currents

d)

distributed

3.

To help solve the problem, people built ________, places to collect and store water.

a)

basin

b)

lakes

c)

ponds

d)

reservoirs

4.

__________, or a swirling motion, moves ocean water around the globe.

a)

precipitation

b)

condensation

c)

evaporation

d)

circulation

5.

Ocean water is also moved by ________ or rising and falling patterns caused by the pull of gravity.

a)

tides

b)

poles

c)

winds

d)

temperature

6.

Worldwide, about 1 billion people always have access to clean water.

a)

true

b)

false

7.

Adding the problem is water pollution and habitat destruction. More than half of the world’s wetlands have disappeared. 

a)

true

b)

False

8.

Water temperatures change with latitude because of the angle of Earth's axis and its relation to the sun.

a)

true

b)

false

9.

In places where rivers empty into the ocean, freshwater mixes with saltwater. Those areas have lower salinity.

a)

false

b)

true

10.

Surface water around the equator evaporates more quickly than at the poles. Deep ocean water receives less sunlight and is colder than surface water, even at the equator.

a)

true

b)

false

11.

Freshwater makes up about 97.5 percent of Earth's water. Many plants and animals, including humans, cannot use freshwater.

a)

true

b)

false

12.

Wetlands are important ecosystems that can remove pollutants from the water.

a)

true

b)

false

13.

_________ is the amount of salt dissolved in water. It is measured in parts per thousand.

a)

salt mixture

b)

salt compounds

c)

salt reactions

d)

salinity

14.

The ocean is Earth's main water storage and the ________, or most important, source for water in the water cycle.

a)

auxiliary

b)

primary

c)

essentially

d)

naturally

15.

No matter where Earth's water is located, it is in a system called the ___________.

a)

atmosphere

b)

hydrosphere

c)

biosphere

d)

lithosphere

16.

In places like Nebraska, people rely on water pumped from ___________, underground water supplies.

a)

aqua water

b)

aquifers

c)

water current

d)

spring

17.

Water that is ________has large amounts of dissolved salts.    .

a)

fresh

b)

cold

c)

deep

d)

saline

18.

Which of the information below is not a threat to shoreline?

a)

Building along a coast can cause pollution.

b)

Tides and currents leave garbage and waste on the sand.

c)

Community has cleaning up the coastal road program

d)

Birds, fish, marine mammals, and sea plants suffer when oil coats the water.

19.

What section of the hydrosphere is shown in the picture?

a)

saltwater

b)

fresh water

20.

What section of the hydrosphere is shown in the picture ? 

a)

saltwater

b)

freshwater

21.

What section of the hydrosphere is shown in the picture ?

a)

saltwater

b)

freshwater

22.

What section of the hydrosphere is shown in the picture?

a)

saltwtaer

b)

freshwater

23.

What section of the hydrosphere is shown in the picture?

a)

saltwater

b)

freshwater