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Chp. 7 - Water Review

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is evaporation?

a)

A liquid transforming into a gas.

b)

A solid transforming into a liquid

c)

A liquid disappearing

d)

Clouds Turning into a liquid

2.

What is Transpiration?

a)

Transpiration is when Steam Turns into a liquid

b)

Transpiration is the process of water movement through a plant and its evaporation from aerial parts, such as leaves, stems and flowers.

c)

Transpiration is when solid turns into a gas

d)

All Choices are wrong.

3.

What is Condensation?

a)

Water Evaporates

b)

Liquid to solid

c)

Gas to a liquid

4.
What is an area of higher elevation that separates watersheds?
a)
Estuary
b)
Divide
c)
Wetland
d)
Transition zones
5.

All water below the surface of land is called__________.

a)

water table

b)

watershed

c)

groundwater

d)

runoff

6.
Where is most water found on the Earth? 
a)
In Glaciers
b)
In Lakes
c)
In Rivers
d)
In the Ocean
7.
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
8.

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

9.

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

10.

Temperature, salinity and density are factors that form

a)

deep currents

b)

wind currents

c)

surface currents

d)

deflection currents

11.

Surface currents are caused by

a)

floods

b)

warm water

c)

the wind

d)

the equator

12.

The curved paths of global winds and surface currents are caused by

a)

the revolution of the Earth

b)

the Coriolis effect

c)

warm air near the equator

d)

continental deflection

13.

The density of ocean water increases when it

a)

joins the Gulf Stream

b)

gets colder

c)

gets warmer

d)

turns to ice

14.

Which currents carry warm water away from the equator?

a)

deep currents

b)

evaporation

c)

surface currents

d)

freezing

15.

Water from precipitation soaks down through permeable rock and soil layers. These layers contain air as well as water, so they are to saturated, or filled, with water. This top is called......

a)

Saturated zone

b)

Water table

c)

Unsaturation zone

d)

Unsaturated zone

16.

What is an option for bringing up groundwater?

a)

artesian wells

b)

Wells

c)

Pumps

d)

All the above

17.
The top boundary of the zone of saturation in an aquifer which can fluctuate based on precipitation and the amount of draw from wells
a)
aquifer
b)
water table
c)
watershed
d)
drainage system
18.

The water table is located

a)

at the top of the saturated zone

b)

at the bottom of the saturated zone

c)

at the top of the unsaturated zone

19.
Water can move through soil because of the soil's _______________.
a)
permeability
b)
not well-sorted materials
c)
impermeability
d)
porosity that is low
20.
Water from precipitation soaks down through permeable rock and soil layers.  These layers contain air as well as water, so they are NOT filled, with water.  This top layer is the 
a)
unsaturated zone
b)
saturated zone
21.
How much sodium chloride and other salts are dissolved in a water sample is the water's ___________________
a)
salinity
b)
composition
22.
Ocean water freezes at a lower temperature than fresh water.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
Freshwater has a higher density than salt water. 
a)
True
b)
False
24.
A seamount is a volcanic mountain that forms near a mid-ocean ridge. 
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Scientists use ___________, a form of technology that uses sound waves, to help them map the ocean floor.
a)
Sonar
b)
Wifi
26.
Water_______ increases with depth in  the ocean because the weight of the water above increases.
a)
temperature
b)
pressure
27.
Old ocean floor sinks toward the mantle at a(n) ______________.
a)
mid-ocean ridge
b)
trench
28.
The ___________ plain is a smooth, nearly flat region of the ocean floor.
a)
abyssal
b)
flat
29.

This extends under the ocean from the continents' shorelines.

a)

continental shelf

b)

continental slope

c)

trench

d)

ridge

30.

Why can't we dive to the deepest parts of the ocean in scuba gear?

a)

dangerous fish

b)

too cold

c)

too warm

d)

too much pressure

31.
How do most surface waves form?
a)
Winds blow acorss the surface of the water and give their energy to the water.
b)
Lightning hits the water and makes the water move.
32.
Stronger winds create __________ waves.
a)
larger
b)
smaller
33.
The lowest part of the wave is the ____________.
a)
crest
b)
trough
34.
The horizontal distance between crests is the _____________.
a)
wavelength
b)
frequency
c)
wave height
35.
Water particles in a wave move in a __________ motion.
a)
Straight
b)
Circular
36.
A wave that forms far below the ocean surface is called a _______________.  This is usually caused by an earthquake beneatht the ocean floor.
a)
Tornado
b)
Tsunami
37.
Waves come to shore.  The water and sand move on the beach.  The movement of sand along the beach is called _________________________.
a)
rip current
b)
longshore drift
38.
Water breaks through a sandbar and begins to flow back down the sloping ocean bottom.  This is called a ________________________.
a)
longshore drift
b)
rip current
39.
One way to slow beach erosion is to build a wall of rocks or concrete, called a ______________, out from the beach.
a)
barrier
b)
dune
c)
groin
40.
________ is a climate change that happens in the eastern Pacific when surface waters are colder than normal.  It makes winter colder in the United States.
a)
Coriolis Effect
b)
El Nino
c)
La Nina
41.

Streams and smaller rivers that feed into a main river

a)

tributaries

b)

river system

c)

surface water

d)

ocean

42.

The process by which a body of water becomes enriched in dissolved nutrients

(as phosphates) that results in the depleted oxygen.   

     

a)

Riparian Buffer

b)

Eutrophication

c)

Invasive Species

d)

Impervious Surface

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