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- 1. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are processes in the water cycle EXCEPTevaporationcondensationinfiltrationsurface tension
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhich processes in the water cycle oppose gravity?transpiration and evaporationtranspiration and precipitationevaporation and condensationcondensation and transpiration
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich processes of the water cycle involve plants?transpiration and evaporationprecipitation and absorptioninfiltration and runofftranspiration and precipitation
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following processes is connected to groundwater?evaporationprecipitationinfiltrationcondensation
- 5. Multiple ChoiceAll of the following are properties of water exceptsurface tensioncapillarityadhesioncondensation
- 6. Multiple ChoiceHow much of the water on earth is freshwater?97.2%2.8%0%100%
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMost of the freshwater found on Earth is found inglaciers and icelakesrivers and streamsgroundwater
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThe area that holds the water is calledwatershedbasinsloperunoff
- 9. Multiple ChoiceHow does water move on the surface of the Earth?gradientgravityboth gradient and gravityneither gradient nor gravity
- 10. Multiple ChoiceThe most USABLE water in the world is stored inglaciers and icelakes and riversaquifersstreams and ponds
- 11. Multiple ChoiceThe amount of sediment a river can carry is referred to as itsdischargecapacitygradientzone of saturation
- 12. Multiple ChoiceThe largest amount of water in households is used incookingwashingflushing the toiletbrushing teeth
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhat is an unconfined aquifer?has an impermeable layer above and below itis not constrained aboveis not constrained belownone of the above
- 14. Multiple ChoiceThe land drained by a specific body of water is called awatershedbasindischargegradient
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhere is groundwater located under the surface?in pores within soil and rockwithin rocksinside living organisms that live in the groundbelow the aquifer
- 16. Multiple ChoiceThe ability of soil to release water is calledporositypermeabilityprecipitationevaporation
- 17. Multiple ChoiceThe amount of space between the particles is calledporositypermeabilityprecipitationinfiltration
- 18. Multiple ChoiceThe least permeable soil istopsoilgravelclaysilt
- 19. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the Coriolis effect?the movement of objects in a fluid are deflected by earth's rotationthe rising of cold nutrient rich water from the deepdifferences in salinitydeep currents in the ocean
- 20. Multiple ChoiceHow are surface currents made?upwellingfriction of wind on ocean surfacemovement of large organisms under the waterchanges in density
- 21. Multiple ChoiceWhat causes deep currents?differences in salinitydifferences in temperaturedifferences in pressuredifferences in density
- 22. Multiple ChoiceWhat layer of the ocean has the most water?deeptransition zonesurfacethermocline
- 23. Multiple ChoiceA rapid change in density with depth is calledthermoclinehaloclinepycnoclinedeep ocean
- 24. Multiple ChoiceWhat is upwelling?increase rapidly in temperatureincrease rapidly in salinityrising of cold nutrient rich water from the deepdeep ocean currents
- 25. Multiple ChoiceWhat two factors affect the density of water?temperature and pressurepressure and salinitysalinity and temperaturetemperature only
- 26. Multiple ChoiceNC climate is moderated by which local current?East AustralainGulf StreamAntarctic Bottom WaterSouth Equatorial
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the most abundant elements in seawater?sodium chloridepotassiumsulfatemagnessium
- 28. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is NOT a source of salt in the ocean water?erosionvolcanoeshydrothermal ventsprecipitation
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