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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
snow erosion
C
river (water) erosion
D
wind erosion
2) What causes an underground water table to change?
A
All of the choices are correct.
B
Drought conditions
C
Melting snow from mountain ranges
D
Excessive demands on the aquifer because more and more people have populated an area.
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
condensation, evaporation, run-off, collection
C
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off, accumulation
D
run off, evaporation, melting, precipitaion
4) Which source of energy below is the most important in driving the water cycle?
A
Wind helps change surface water into water vapor during the process of evaporation.
B
Gravity is necessary to pull water downhill when it rains
C
Geothermal energy is important so forms of precipitation like rain occur.
D
Sunlight heats up surface water creating the process of evaporation.
5) Where does most water vapor in the atmosphere come from?
A
Evaporation from the soil
B
Evaporation from the ocean
C
Evaporation from glaciers and polar ice caps
D
Transpiration from plants
6) Which contains the greatest amount of freshwater?
A
Glaciers and Polar ice caps
B
Oceans and seas
C
Groundwater
D
Lakes and rivers
7) Approximately what percentage of Earth’s water is saltwater?
A
30 percent
B
71 percent
C
97 percent
D
3 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
Abyssal Plain
C
Rift Valley
D
Continental Slope
9) Mountain chains that form in the ocean, because of tectonic plates pulling apart, are called____________________.
A
Rift valleys
B
Ocean trenches
C
Seamounts
D
Mid ocean ridges
10) How do the factors of temperature and pressure change as someone goes deeper into the ocean?
A
Temperature increases, but pressure decreases
B
Temperature decreases, but pressure increases.
C
Temperature and pressure both decrease
D
Temperature and pressure both increase
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