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Water Quizziz

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 2hrs 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

As human population increases exponentially, what happens to the amount of freshwater?

a)

it increases

b)

it decreases

c)

it stabilizes

d)

it increases then decreases

2.
 When water vapor changes to liquid water 
a)
evaporation
b)
 condensation
c)
humidity
d)
precipitation
3.

Why are ocean currents important?

a)

ocean currents allow people to sail around the world

b)

ocean currents move the continents from one place to another

c)

ocean currents move heat energy from the equator to the poles

d)

Ocean currents affect the rotation of the Earth

4.

As you go deeper in the ocean, the water is colder and less salty.

a)

true

b)

false

5.

Where is ocean water the densest.

a)

the surface

b)

the middle

c)

the bottom

6.

What do we call the constantly moving system of deep-ocean circulation driven by differences in temperature and salinity?

a)

California Current

b)

Surface Currents

c)

Gulf Stream

d)

Global Conveyor Belt

7.

What are a circular system of currents in the Earth's major oceans?

a)

ocean currents

b)

upwellings

c)

Gyres

d)

Conveyer belt

8.

If a material is less dense then water, it will

a)

sink

b)

float

c)

be neutrally buoyant

d)

freese

9.

What heats the Earth's oceans?

a)

People

b)

Earth's core

c)

The moon

d)

The Sun

10.

Regular movements of water far below the oceans surface are called

a)

Warm Currents

b)

Deep Currents

c)

Shallow Currents

d)

Surface Currents

11.

Surface currents are mainly caused by

a)

The Coriolis Effect

b)

Cold and Warm Water

c)

Convection

d)

Wind

12.
  • On Earth’s surface, gravity moves water from lower to higher areas.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Which of the following is considered permeable ?

a)

rocks

b)

clay

14.
  • Which of the following is NOT an example of surface storage or reservoirs of water?

a)

Lake

b)

Runoff

c)

Aquifer

d)

Oceans

15.

Water that fills the spaces between soil particles, fractured rock beneath earth's surface.

a)

None of these

b)

Runoff

c)

Groundwater

d)

Aquifer

16.

When the Sun shines on an ocean, water near the surface

a)

Cools down

b)

Precipitates

c)

Warms up

d)

Sinks

17.

How does the water cycle help aquifers?

a)

It doesn't help or hurt aquifers.

b)

It removes water from the aquifer

c)

It adds more water into the aquifer

d)

None of these

18.

Select all that apply: Which of the following are the two driving factors of the water cycle?

a)

Hydrosphere

b)

Gravity

c)

Sun

d)

Water

19.

Which of the following is considered Impermeable ?

a)

rocks

b)

clay

20.

 As a molecule of water absorbs thermal energy, it

a)

vibrates

b)

stays still

c)

cools down

21.

Water above Earth's surface is called

a)

tributary

b)

surface water

c)

watershed

d)

groundwater

22.

When water flows across the surface of the earth it is called?

a)

Watershed

b)

River

c)

Run Off

d)

Rain

23.

Area of land where surface water and groundwater drains into a river system.

a)

Runoff

b)

Tributary

c)

Wetland

d)

Watershed

24.

What is groundwater?

a)

all the bodies of fresh water, salt water, ice, and snow that are found above the ground

b)

the water that is beneath Earth's surface

c)

the area of land that is drained by a river system

d)

a body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater