WorksheetsHydrosphere Vocabulary Quiz
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 2hrs 40mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
This definition refers to the evaporation of water through pores, or stomata, in the leaves of plants.
a)
percolation
b)
transpiration
c)
evaporation
d)
photosynthesis
2.
Sometimes referred to as infiltration, this term describes the movement of water through the soil, and it's layers, by gravity to create supplies of groundwater.
a)
percolation
b)
transpiration
c)
evaporation
d)
run-off
3.
Groundwater is a primary source of drinking water. This term describes a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater. What is this body called?
a)
weather
b)
condensation
c)
precipitation
d)
auquifer
4.
All the waters on the earth's surface, such as lakes and seas, and sometimes including water over the earth's surface, and also as clouds are all a part of the ______________.
a)
hydrosphere
b)
aquifer
c)
weather
d)
climate
5.
True or false: Precipitation is water released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
precipitation that did not get absorbed into the soil or did not evaporate, and made its way from the ground surface into places that water collect is most commonly referred to as ___________________.
a)
collection
b)
run-off
c)
aquifer
d)
transpiration
7.
When water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, hail or sleet, collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes, streams it is called:
a)
collection
b)
run-off
c)
aquifer
d)
transpiration
8.
When water on Earth's surface first enters into the soil is called what?
a)
percolation
b)
precipitation
c)
weather
d)
infiltration
9.
The process of turning from a gas into a state of liquid
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
percolation
d)
condensation
10.
the process of turning from liquid into vapor (or a gas)
a)
runoff
b)
precipitation
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation
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