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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which is a synonym for the water cycle?
hydrogen cycle
hydrologic cycle
oxygen cycle
acquiferous cycel
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which part of a river is usually found on higher ground?
mouth
level two stream
floodplain
source
- 3. Multiple Choice
Which part of a river is formed due to erosion and deposition?
tributaries
meanders
source
mouth
- 4. Multiple Choice
A group of students were studying the graphs above and trying to answer the teacher's question, "What percentage of freshwater on the surface is found in rivers?" One of the members of the group is sure the answer is 8%, but another thinks the answer is .0024%. Which answer would you use to explain the mistake to the student who is wrong?
0024% is wrong because you just multiplied .08 and .03 but you were supposed to divide.
0024% is wrong because you can see the 8% right on the graph labeled "rivers."
8% is wrong because you have to find .08 of the 1% of the 3% by multiplying all three together.
8% is wrong because you have to divide the 8% in rivers by the 1% in freshwater.
- 5. Multiple Choice
Marshes, swamps, and bogs are similar because they are really soggy or even covered with water most of the year. They are also very rich ecosystems. What is a term that we can call all of these areas?
bayou
silt fields
wetlands
floodplains
- 6. Multiple Choice
An aquifer is _____________________________.
a rive or stream
a man made water tower
a geological formation that moves or holds ground water.
a type of bottled water
- 7. Multiple Choice
Study the diagram above and focus on the RED dashed line that shows the borders of this river system. The borders of river systems are based on where ____________ are located.
streams
watersheds
deltas
tributaries
- 8. Multiple Choice
What is the percentage of the Earth's surface that is covered with water?
71%
64%
57%
81%
- 9. Multiple Choice
A student takes a bottle of cold water from the refrigerator and leaves it on the counter. Ten minutes later, the student noticed there is now water on the outside of the bottle. What scientific phenomenon explains the water on the outside of the bottle?
Condensation, because the temperature of the air nearest the bottle decreased causing the water droplets to form.
Evaporation, because the temperature of the air nearest the bottle decreased causing the water droplets to form.
Condensation because the temperature of the air nearest the bottle increased causing water droplets to form.
Evaporation, because the temperature of the air nearest the bottle increased causing the water droplets to form.
- 10. Multiple Choice
In science class, lab partners are designing an experiment that shows the important steps of the water cycle. For their experimental design, which of the following procedures could best be used to demonstrate the difference between condensation and evaporation?
To show condensation, the lab partners must decrease the temperature within the cycle; to show evaporation, they must increase the temperature.
To show condensation, the lab partners must maintain a constant temperature within the cycle; to show evaporation, they must decrease the temperature.
To show condensation, the lab partners must increase the temperature within the cycle; to show evaporation, they must decrease the temperature.
To show condensation, the lab partners must maintain a constant temperature within the cycle; to show evaporation, they must increase the temperature.
- 11. Multiple Choice
When water is heated up, it turns from liquid to a vapor. One of the water cycle stages when this occurs is evaporation. Which is the other?
percolation
condensation
infiltration
transpiration
- 12. Multiple Choice
What do we call the stage when water enters the soil due to gravity?
evapotranspiration
infiltration
runoff
condensation
- 13. Multiple Choice
Which source of energy below is the most important in driving the water cycle?
Sunlight heats up Earth's surface water creating the process of evaporation.
Gravity is necessary to pull water downhill when it rains thus allowing water to flow into rivers and streams.
Wind helps change surface water into water vapor during the process of evaporation.
Geothermal energy changes water to steam so condensation can occur.
- 14. Multiple Choice
The stage of the water cycle when water comes to the Earth is
percolation
precipitation
condensation
runoff
- 15. Multiple Choice
Look at the image and select the term that best fits label 1
transpiration
accumulation
condensation
precipitation
- 16. Multiple Choice
Look at the image and select the term that best fits label 2
condensation
evaporation
transpiration
accumulation
- 17. Multiple Choice
Look at the image and select the term that best fits label 3
condensation
precipitation
transpiration
evaporation
- 18. Multiple Choice
Which is a synonym for first order streams?
tributaries
meanders
divide
floodplain
- 19. Multiple Choice
Look at the image below. Which configuration of rocks would be MORE porous?
A
B
The porosity is the same; it's just the size of the rocks that is different.
These are permeable to water, but not porous.
- 20. Multiple Choice
The white line in the image above runs along the top of the mountain ridge. What is the name of this location?
watershed
spring
divide
tributaries
- 21. Multiple Choice
Pressurized aquifers can create springs when they push water to the surface from underground. What do we call this kind of water?
artesian
reservoir
porous
runoff
- 22. Multiple Choice
Which area is found ABOVE the water table?
saturation zone
groundwater zone
aeration zone
infiltration zone
- 23. Multiple Choice
What do we call a full body of groundwater?
aquifer
zone of groundwater
zone of satuation
water table
- 24. Multiple Choice
Why is drinking water from bodies of water on the surface of the ground sometimes dangerous?
Surface water doesn't contain fluoride for your teeth.
Surface water is rationed and you aren't allowed to use it.
Surface water often contains pathogens.
Surface water is too warm or cold and will shock your system.
- 25. Multiple Choice
Study the Water Use graph above. Which water conservation solution below would help us save the MOST water if we all adopted it?
drip irrigation to reduce the amount of water lost when watering lawns and gardens
turn off water faucet while brushing your teeth
water-saving toilets to reduce the amount of water we flush
short showers instead of baths
- 26. Multiple Choice
What do aquifers and reservoirs have in common?
They're both underground.
They are both made of rock
They are both man made
They're both filled with fresh water.
- 27. Multiple Choice
Place these in order from broadest to most specific: A) Fresh water; B) Earth's water; C) Potable Water
B A C
C B A
A B C
B C A
- 28. Multiple Choice
What is the best way to conserve water?
turn off the water when you brush your teeth
fix leaky faucets and toilets
limit grass watering
all of the above
- 29. Multiple Choice
Think about the Water Pollution GIZMO and the information you studied there. There are several types of pollution that affect the water on Earth. What kinds of materials contaminate the water in toxic pollution?
nitrogen and phosphorus
sand and soil
paint, gasoline, pesticides
bacteria and pathogens
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