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ENV GEO Unit 6 Vocabulary

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 75secs

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process of water falling from the atmosphere to the Earth's surface in the form of rain, snow, sleet, or hail?

a)

Transpiration

b)

Condensation

c)

Evaporation

d)

Precipitation

2.

What is the process by which water is released into the atmosphere by plants through their leaves?

a)

Deposition

b)

Infiltration

c)

Transpiration

d)

Evaporation

3.

What is the process of water changing from a liquid to a gas and rising into the atmosphere?

a)

Condensation

b)

Deposition

c)

Evaporation

d)

Infiltration

4.

What is the process of water vapor in the atmosphere cooling and changing back into liquid water?

a)

Deposition

b)

Evaporation

c)

Condensation

d)

Percolation

5.

What is the process of water vapor changing directly into ice without first becoming a liquid?

a)

Infiltration

b)

Percolation

c)

Deposition

d)

Transpiration

6.

What is the process of water seeping into the ground and becoming part of the groundwater?

a)

Infiltration

b)

Condensation

c)

Percolation

d)

Evaporation

7.

What is water that is stored in underground aquifers?

a)

Tributary Stream

b)

Runoff-streams

c)

River Mouth

d)

Groundwater

8.

What is the movement of water over the land surface and into streams and rivers?

a)

Streams

b)

River Mouth

c)

Runoff-streams

d)

River Delta

9.

What is the process by which plants absorb water from the soil through their roots?

a)

Plant uptake

b)

Basin

c)

Glacier

d)

Tributary Stream

10.

What is a large mass of ice that moves slowly over land?

a)

River Delta

b)

Glacier

c)

Tributary Stream

d)

Basin

11.

What is a low-lying area where water from higher elevations collects?

a)

Stream Erosion

b)

River Delta

c)

Basin

d)

River Mouth

12.

What is the process by which flowing water wears away the land?

a)

River Delta

b)

River Mouth

c)

Stream Erosion

d)

River

13.

What are flat areas near rivers that are covered with water during floods?

a)

Hydraulic Sorting

b)

Bedrock

c)

Silt

d)

Flood Plains

14.

What is the maximum rate at which soil can absorb water?

a)

Bedrock

b)

Silt

c)

Flash Floods

d)

Infiltration Capacity

15.

What are sudden, intense floods that occur within a few hours or minutes?

a)

Silt

b)

Infiltration Capacity

c)

Flash Floods

d)

Bedrock