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Hydrology Test
Test Description: Review the topics related to water on earth
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) What process created the Grand Canyon?
A
ice erosion
B
wind erosion
C
snow erosion
D
river (water) erosion
2) What causes an underground water table to change?
A
Excessive demands on the aquifer because more and more people have populated an area.
B
All of the choices are correct.
C
Drought conditions
D
Melting snow from mountain ranges
3) John wants to explain the water cycle to his mother because he learned it in school today. What should John say to her?
A
evaporation, precipitation, run-off
B
run off, evaporation, melting, precipitaion
C
condensation, evaporation, run-off, collection
D
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off, accumulation
4) Which source of energy below is the most important in driving the water cycle?
A
Geothermal energy is important so forms of precipitation like rain occur.
B
Sunlight heats up surface water creating the process of evaporation.
C
Gravity is necessary to pull water downhill when it rains
D
Wind helps change surface water into water vapor during the process of evaporation.
5) Where does most water vapor in the atmosphere come from?
A
Evaporation from the soil
B
Transpiration from plants
C
Evaporation from glaciers and polar ice caps
D
Evaporation from the ocean
6) Which contains the greatest amount of freshwater?
A
Groundwater
B
Glaciers and Polar ice caps
C
Lakes and rivers
D
Oceans and seas
7) Approximately what percentage of Earth’s water is saltwater?
A
30 percent
B
3 percent
C
97 percent
D
71 percent
8) A “steeply inclined” section of the Continental margin that is located between the Continental Shelf and the Continental Rise is called what?
A
Mid Ocean Ridge
B
Continental Slope
C
Abyssal Plain
D
Rift Valley
9) Mountain chains that form in the ocean, because of tectonic plates pulling apart, are called____________________.
A
Mid ocean ridges
B
Ocean trenches
C
Seamounts
D
Rift valleys
10) How do the factors of temperature and pressure change as someone goes deeper into the ocean?
A
Temperature and pressure both increase
B
Temperature increases, but pressure decreases
C
Temperature decreases, but pressure increases.
D
Temperature and pressure both decrease
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