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Test Description: Water unit review (fresh water and oceans)
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) Approximately what percentage of Earth’s water is salt water?
A
30%
B
70%
C
3%
D
97%
2) Most of Earth’s fresh water is in the form of _____.
A
ice
B
rivers and streams
C
groundwater
D
oceans
3) The energy for the water cycle originally comes from the _____.
A
water
B
wind
C
sun
D
ground
4) Water that fills the cracks and spaces in underground soil and rock layers is called __.
A
rainwater
B
groundwater
C
salt water
D
water vapor
5) Water that falls to Earth as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called ____.
A
precipitation
B
condensation
C
transpiration
D
evaporation
6) Clouds form when water vapor in the atmosphere ______ into water droplets.
A
condenses
B
evaporates
C
transpires
D
precipitates
7) The top of the saturated zone is called the _____.
A
granite
B
impermeable
C
depends
D
water table
8) An aquifer is a(n) ____.
A
well in which water rises because of pressure
B
type of hot spring from which the water periodically erupts
C
place where groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in the rock
D
underground layer of rock or sediment that holds water
9) Salinity is a measure of which of the following in water?
A
carbon dioxide
B
dissolved salt
C
sand
D
oxygen
10) As you descend through the water column (go deeper down in the ocean), ___.
A
pressure decreases
B
light increases
C
temperature decreases
D
density decreases
11) A large stream of moving water that flows through the oceans is called a(n) ___.
A
tsunami
B
tide
C
undertow
D
current
12) Which of the following is true of El Niño?
A
El Niño usually occurs twice a year.
B
El Niño affects only the ocean, not the land.
C
El Niño occurs at the same time as La Niña.
D
El Niño can cause unusual and often severe weather conditions.
13) What causes cold, deep currents to form in the oceans near the poles?
A
sinking of cold, freshwater from melting icebergs
B
sinking of dense, cold water with high salinity
C
movement of a large mass of warm water across the Pacific
D
the Coriolis force
14) Which describes materials that have large connected pores, such as sand and gravel?
A
impermeable
B
unsaturated
C
permeable
D
saturated
15) By knowing the water table depth, you know how deep to dig to reach which of the following?
A
granite
B
groundwater
C
springs
D
pores
16) Deep currents are caused by differences in the _______________________ of ocean water.
A
color
B
sea life
C
climate
D
density
17) A large, powerful warm surface current in the Atlantic Ocean that affects the climate of land in its path is the ___.
A
geyser
B
Gulf Stream
C
El Nino
D
La Nina
18) Water given off through the leaves as water vapor.
A
transpiration
B
condensation
C
precipitation
D
evaporation
19) Process where liquid changes to a gas.
A
condensation
B
precipitation
C
evaporation
D
transpiration
20) Process where a gas changes to a liquid.
A
precipitation
B
evaporation
C
transpiration
D
condensation
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