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Hydrosphere take home quiz
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Period 1
Period 2
Period 5
Period 8
1. About 97% of all water on Earth is found in the oceans as salt water. The other 3% is freshwater. Where in the world is most FRESHWATER found?
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Ground water
Trapped in Ice
In plants and animals
In lakes and rivers
2. What is the large area of land that drains all of its water into a river?
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River Basin
Tributary
Estuary
Aquifer
3. When water molecules stick to other water molecules, this is the definition for which property of water?
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Universal Solvent
Adhesion
Cohesion
surface tension
4. Transpiration is:
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When water evaporates from large bodies of water into the atmosphere
When water goes from gas form to liquid form in the atmosphere
When water in the clouds becomes too heavy and falls back to the Earth
When water evaporates from plants into the atmosphere
5. The water table is found on top of which of the following?
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Unsaturated Zone
Unconfined Aquifer
Confined Aquifer
Permeable layer
6. What characteristic of water explains why it has many different properties?
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Water is a nonpolar molecule
Water is a polar molecule
Water molecules do not have electrically charged areas
Water is not a molecule
7. For a science project you must build a model of an aquifer. What material would be the best to use for the layer that will hold water?
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An impermeable material, such as clay
An impermeable material, such as granite
A permeable material such as gravel
A material that has no pores
8. Which of the following is an example of point source pollution?
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Runoff of pesticides from wheat fields
salt spread on roads and parking lots to melt ice
Chemicals flowing from a factory into a stream
Fertilizer from corn fields that runs off into a stream
9. Which of the following is what we call a smaller river, stream or creek that flows into a larger river?
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Tributary
Main river
wet lands
floodplain
10. You test the pH of the water in the stream behind your house. What is the normal range of pH for fresh water?
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0-3
4-6
6-8
9-14
11. When we put in a well for a house, what layer should it go into?
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Unconfined aquifer
Unsaturated zone
Confined aquifer
Impermeable layer
12. A cone of depression is:
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The dip in the water table where a well is pulling up water
The dip in an impermeable layer where water pools
The bottom of a stream
The bottom later of the confined aquifer
13. Fill in the following diagram, in the answer box, you will need to put the number followed by your answer
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14. How does water move in and out of an aquifer?
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15. Using your knowledge of the water cycle, explain how water from snow and ice might cause springtime flooding in some rivers.
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