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Which is not a way that water can reach the atmosphere
a) condensation
b) evaporation
c) transpiration
d) sublimation

The continuous movement of water from land to atmosphere and back again.
a) water cycle
b) water circle
c) watershed
d) water dump

water is called the universal _______because it dissolves a large number of substances
a) solvent
b) solute
c) dissolver
d) molecule

water is this type of molecule
a) polar
b) positive
c) negative
d) solid

term given to water adding to the watertable
a) recharge
b) discharge
c) refill
d) flow

term for the water going out of the watertable
a) discharge
b) recharge
c) flow
d) gradient

materials carried away by a stream
a) load
b) gradient
c) flow
d) channel

the amount of water flow in a river at any given time
a) flow
b) gradient
c) watershed
d) channel

a measure of the change in elevation over a certain distance
a) gradient
b) flow
c) stream load
d) divide

watersheds are separated by a ridge or an area of higher ground called a
a) divide
b) load
c) gradient
d) flow

the Coriolis effect is
a) the apparent change in wind direction due to the rotating of the earth
b) the shift of wind from north to south
c) the word for jet stream
d) another word for easterlies

the path that a stream follows
a) channel
b) river path
c) gradient
d) ground water

which layer of the atmosphere is closest to the ground?
a) troposphere
b) stratosphere
c) thermosphere
d) mesosphere

layer of the atmosphere where our weather occurs
a) stratosphere
b) mesospheree
c) troposphere
d) thermosphere

the layer of the atmosphere that contains the ozone layer
a) stratosphere
b) troposphere
c) mesosphere
d) thermosphere

the layer of the atmosphere where most meteors burn up
a) mesosphere
b) troposphere
c) thermosphere
d) stratosphere

why does a large iceberg float on top of water?
a) ice is less dense then water and there is more open space between the molecules
b) ice is more dense than water and there is less open space between the molecules
c) ice is more dense than water and there is less open space between the molecules
d) ice is less dense than water and there is less open space between the molecules

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