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Water and Oceans

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 15mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the process called where water evaporates from the surface of the Earth and forms clouds in the sky?

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Sublimation

d)

Precipitation

2.

What is the name of the body of water surrounded by land on all sides?

a)

river

b)

ocean

c)

lake

d)

mountain

3.

What is the name of the process where water from the ocean or sea becomes vapor and rises into the atmosphere?

a)

Evaporation

b)

Sublimation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Condensation

4.

Water moves from the ocean to the atmosphere when water evaporates from liquid water in the ocean to water vapor in the atmosphere. The water vapor can condense onto dust particles to form clouds.

a)

True

b)

False

5.

When water changes from water vapor to liquid water inside a cloud, this is showing...

a)

the water cycle

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

transpiration

6.

What is occuring when heat in the atmosphere causes water to change from liquid to water vapor?

a)

runoff

b)

evaporation

c)

condensation

d)

precipitation

7.

Freshwater contains _____.

a)

less than 0.1% salt

b)

no salt at all

c)

more than 1% salt

8.

What kind of water is found in rivers, ponds, wetlands, and streams?

a)

hard water

b)

fresh water

c)

salt water

9.

To keep on living, all living things need _____.

a)

some form of water

b)

electricity

c)

salt water

10.
Most of the Earth's water is in
a)
salty oceans
b)
freshwater lakes
c)
freshwater ponds
d)
glaciers
11.
Where is most of the freshwater found on Earth?
a)
lakes
b)
glaciers/ icecaps
c)
oceans
d)
rivers
12.
Most of the Earth's water is in
a)
salty oceans
b)
freshwater lakes
c)
freshwater ponds
d)
glaciers
13.
Where is most of the freshwater found on Earth?
a)
lakes
b)
glaciers/ icecaps
c)
oceans
d)
rivers
14.

Saltwater from ocean and sea is too salty for people to drink.

a)

true

b)

false

15.

Almost all the water on Earth is freshwater.

a)

true

b)

false

16.

Ocean and sea are saltwater.

a)

true

b)

false

17.
Most of Earth's fresh water is found
a)
Frozen in glaciers
b)
Underground
c)
In the Great Lakes
d)
In Oceans
18.
A large body of salt water is called a(n)
a)
estuary
b)
lake
c)
ocean
d)
pond