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Water in Motion Quiz

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When water droplets in a cloud combine, become too heavy, and fall to the ground as rain, snow, sleet or hail, we are experiencing __________.

a)

Evaporation

b)

Condensation

c)

Precipitation

d)

Transpiration

2.

Is there more water on Earth in groundwater systems or river systems?

a)

sometimes groundwater, other times river systems

b)

both are the same

c)

river systems

d)

groundwater systems

3.

Which contains the greatest amount of Earth's freshwater, available for human use?

a)

groundwater

b)

oceans and seas

c)

lakes and rivers

d)

glaciers and polar ice caps

4.

Only 3% of the water on Earth is freshwater. About 60% of that water is not available for human use. Why is this?

4 lines
5.

Runoff is water that ___________.

a)

we drink.

b)

creates groundwater

c)

does not soak into the ground or evaporate.

d)

soaks into the ground.

6.

Most water vapor in the atmosphere comes from ___________.

a)

evaporation from oceans.

b)

evaporation from soil.

c)

transpiration from plants.

d)

the burning of fossil fuels.

7.

What of the following changes from gas to liquid?

a)

freezing

b)

melting

c)

condensation

d)

evaporation

8.

What force drives the water cycle?

a)

rain

b)

the sun

c)

pressure

d)

a honda

9.

All water on Earth is about ____%

a)

70

b)

30

c)

97

d)

3

10.

Freshwater on Earth is about ____%

a)

70

b)

30

c)

97

d)

3

11.

Lakes and rivers make up about _____% of FRESHWATER on earth

a)

3

b)

0.3

c)

0.03

d)

30