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- 1. Multiple Choice
What heats faster the sand at the beach or the ocean water?
The sand
The ocean
- 2. Multiple Choice
Why is water essential to life?
to swim in it
for all life process
- 3. Multiple Choice
Salt water is what % of the Earth?
30%
71%
97%
3%
- 4. Multiple Choice
What % of the Earth is fresh water?
97%
37%
28%
3%
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the only substance the can be a solid, liquid and a gas?
Vinegar
Bleach
Sprite
Water
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which statement best describes the hydrosphere?
It only concludes of water on Earths surface.
It only concludes of freshwater on Earths surface.
It includes water on the surface, underground and in the atmosphere.
It includes salt and freshwater on the surface and underground.
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is the water cycle?
The way water moves
The unending circulation of Eaths water
Condensation
Pouring water
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the first step to the water cycle?
Condensation
Evaporation
Precipitation
Infiltration
- 9. Multiple Choice
what is the last step to the water cycle?
Evaporation
Condensation
Infiltration
Precipitation
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhich is the opposite of condensation?runoffevaporationprecipitationtranspiration
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the second step to the water cycle?
Infiltration
Evaporation
Precipitation
condensation
- 12. Multiple Choice
What is the third step of the water cycle?
Evaporation
Precipitation
Condensation
Rain
- 13. Multiple Choice
Runoff is good?
True
False
- 14. Multiple Choice
Water is the most common substance
False
True
- 15. Multiple Choice
What is a polar molecule?
When each side of a molecule are slightly opposite.
The same charge on both sides.
One side neutral and the other side positive .
- 16. Multiple Choice
How is acidity measured
liter
Ph
Density
Salinity
- 17. Multiple Choice
What is point source pollution?
Where it can be found.
Where it can not be found.
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is non point source pollution?
Where pollution cannot be found.
Where pollution can be found
- 19. Multiple Choice
Water quality is important because...
So you can make water balloons
Bad water will get humans sick
Water can be disgusting
- 20. Multiple Choice
What does DO stand for
Do obscure
Dissolved oxygen
Dissolved oxgyen
Don’t object
- 21. Multiple ChoiceThis causes surface currentsGravityWindCoriolis EffectDensity Differences
- 22. Multiple ChoiceLarge circular movements of surface currentsCoriolis EffectGyresWindWaves
- 23. Multiple ChoiceCauses deflection of currents bc of Earth’s rotationWindCoriolis EffectGravityGyres
- 24. Multiple ChoiceThe deep sea (2000 meters or more) where there is no lightOceanic ZoneAbyssal ZoneSonarNeritic Zone
- 25. Multiple ChoiceA horizontal movementof ocean water that is caused by wind and that occurs at or near the ocean's surfaceTidesLongshore CurrentSurface Current
- 26. Multiple ChoiceThe total amount of solid material dissolved in water, usually sodium chloride.SolutionSoluteSalinity
- 27. Multiple ChoiceWhere does most fresh water exist?ice caps, lakes, and streamsglaciers, rivers, and oceansaquifers, ice caps, and glaciers
- 28. Multiple ChoiceAn area of land that drains into a body of water.mouthpoint-source pollutionwatershedheadwaters
- 29. Multiple Choice
Cohesion
the attraction between water molecules that allows water to form droplets and keeps it liquid at room temperature
water and salt molecules
liquid
- 30. Multiple Choice
Adhesion
water is cold or hot
force of water
the attractive force between water molecules and the surfaces they are touching
- 31. Multiple Choice
Capillary Action
The Ability of working together
force of water
Water's ability to climb due to cohesion and adhesion working together
- 32. Multiple Choice
A liquid that dissolves substances called solutes
solvent
solute
potability
salinity
- 33. Multiple Choice
The area at the mouth of a river where its current meets the ocean; contains brackish (part fresh, part salt) water
open ocean
deep ocean
estuary
shore
- 34. Multiple Choice
Cloudy or opaque; due to stirred up sediment or particles within the water (not clear)
salinity
estuary
potability
turbidity
- 35. Multiple Choice
Any substance below 7 on the pH scale; sour taste
acid
base
pH scale
salinity
- 36. Multiple Choice
Any substance above 7 on the pH scale; bitter taste
acid
base
salinity
solvent
- 37. Multiple Choice
Involves conserving and protecting something valuable, such as the planet, its ecosystems and natural resources
water treatment
stewardship
potability
turbidity
- 38. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the deepest part of the ocean basin?abyssal plainstrenchesrift zonesmid-ocean ridge
- 39. Multiple ChoiceScientists use ______ to determine the oceans depth.SubmarineSonarHelicopterLight
- 40. Multiple ChoiceWhat is sonarCellphones measuring distanceSound navigating and ranging
- 41. Multiple ChoiceHow can you decrease the salinity of the water?precipitationevaporation
- 42. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following causes most waves?TidesWindEarthquakeSea animals
- 43. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following is the largest and deepest ocean?ArcticAntarticIndianPacific
- 44. Multiple ChoiceWhich process would most likely increase the dissolved oxygen level in a freshwater lake?algae bloomlake turnoverphotosynetisrespiration
- 45. Multiple ChoiceWhat most directly affects the amount of dissolved oxygen in a body of water?pHsalinitytemperatureturbidity
- 46. Multiple ChoiceWhich is most likely an example of point source pollution?fertilizer sprayed onto a fieldwater runoff from a city streeta pipe flowing into a river
- 47. Multiple Choice
Which of the following reservoirs contains the most water?
atmosphere
biosphere
groundwater
lakes and rivers
- 48. Multiple Choice
Most groundwater withdrawn in the United States is used for .
industry
irrigation
drinking water
swimming pools
- 49. Multiple ChoiceBecause the atmosphere is a source of water, it is considered to be part of the hydrosphere.TrueFalse
- 50. Multiple Choice
What is the nickname for aquatic life
Aqua
Naval
Marine
Water ecosystems
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