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40 Cards in this Set
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What is any form of water that falls to Earth's surface from the clouds?
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Precipitation
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Process by which gas passes into the liquid or solid state, by cooling.
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Condensation
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Process by which a liquid passes into a gas.
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Evaporation
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A curved, loop-like bend in a river is called a...
a.bend b.meander c.twist |
B.Meander
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The flowing of water on the surface of the ground, down a slope.
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Runoff
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What causes water to evaporate?
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The Sun
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Evaporation, condensation, and precipitation are parts of what cycle?
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The Water Cycle
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where fresh water collects after it rains
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rivers, lakes, and ponds
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What are some forms of precipitation?
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Rain, sleet, snow, and hail
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The laying of material onto the river bed that has been transported by the river is called...
a.Waste b. Deposition c. Drift |
B.Deposition
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Evaporation is when the sun heats up rivers, lakes or the ocean and the water becomes...
a.Water droplets b. Water distiller c. Water vapor |
C.Water vapor
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When does a river system begin to form?
a.When precipitation exceeds transpiration. b.When precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration. c.When evaporation exceeds evapotranspiration. |
B.When precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration.
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What question has puzzled people for centuries?
a.The origin of Earth's water supply. b.The origin of Rain c. The origin of Lakes |
A.The origin of Earth's water supply.
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What is essential for all living organisms?
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Water
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How much of Earth's surface is covered in water?
a.More than half b.More than two-thirds c. More than three-fourths |
B.More than two-thirds.
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Groundwater is water that ...
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flows through the rock below Earth's surface.
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Where is water vapor found?
a. In the atmosphere b. In the ground c. In living organisms |
A.In the atmosphere.
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Where can you find water vapor in the atmosphere?
a. In oceans b. In lakes c. In clouds and fog. |
C.In clouds and fog.
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What is always happening to Earth's water?
a.It is rapidly changing from liquid to gas. b. It is constantly changing from one form to another. c. It is slowly changing from gas to solid. |
B.It is constantly changing from one form to another.
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About 86% of the atmosphere's water vapor comes from
a. Lakes b. Rivers c. Oceans |
C. oceans
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What is the process by which plants release water into the atmosphere?
a. Transpiration b. Photosynthesis c. Evaporation |
A.Transpiration
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What percentage of all precipitation falls on Earth's surface?
a.25% b.50% c.75% |
C.75%
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What happens to the precipitation that falls on land?
a. It evaporates b. It becomes runoff or groundwater. c. It becomes vapor |
B.It becomes runoff or groundwater.
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What is the continuous cycle of evapotranspiration , condensation and, precipitation?
a. Earth's water storage b. Earth's water supply c. Earth's water budget |
C.Earth's water budget
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When air rises in the atmosphere, the water vapor it contains...
a. cools and condenses b. heated and condenses c. evaporates and precipitates |
A.Cools and condenses.
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Where is Earth's surface water NOT found?
a. The atmosphere b. Lakes and oceans c. In groundwater |
A. The atmosphere
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In addition to rivers and lakes, where else is water found on Earth?
a. In mineral crystals b. Trapped in volcanoes c. Polar ice caps |
C. Polar ice caps
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An example of water changing from a solid to a liquid is...
a. Puddle freezes into ice. b. Glaciers melting to form streams. c. Water vapor falling from the sky as rain. |
B. Glaciers melting to form streams.
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About how much water evaporates into the atmosphere each year?
a. 5,000 km³ b. 50,000 km³ c. 500,000 km³ |
C. 500,000 km³
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The total loss of water from an area is equal to all the water...
a. lost by precipitation and evaporation. b. lost by evaporation and transpiration. c. lost by precipitation and transpiration. |
B. Lost by evaporation and transpiration.
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Using the language of a financial statement, the ''income'' of Earth's water budget is...
a. Precipitation b. Evaporation c. Condensation |
A. Precipitation
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Using the language of a financial statement, the ''expenses'' of Earth's water budget are...
a. clouds and fog b. precipitation and condensation c. evapotranspiration and runoff |
C. Evapotranspiration and runoff.
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What occurs when precipitation exceeds evapotranspiration and runoff in an area?
a. dry soil b. irrigation c. moist soil and possible flooding |
C. Moist soil and possible flooding.
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How does vegetation affect the water budget in an area?
a. vegetation reduces runoff but increases evapotranspiration b. vegetation increases runoff but decreases evapotranspiration c. vegetation reduces runoff and evapotranspiration |
A. Vegetation reduces runoff but increases evapotranspiration.
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Which of the following factors affect the local water budget?
a. just the temprature and the amount of rainfall b. temperature, vegetation , wind, and amount of rainfall c. just the amount of rainfall. |
B. Temprature, vegetation, wind, and amount of rainfall.
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Which of the following is NOT a form of precipitation?
a. sleet b. fog c. hail |
B. fog
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When water vapor cools and condenses into tiny droplets in teh atmosphere, what is formed?
a. clouds b. ice c. snow |
A. Clouds
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Water occurring as an invisible ga is called...
a. water vapor b. water transpiration c. water distillate |
A. Water Vapor
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What is evapotranspiration?
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the sum of evaporation and plant transpiration from the Earth's land surface to atmosphere.
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what is the chemical formula for water?
a.HO2 b.2H2O c.H2O |
C. H2O
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