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1
One important use of water is that it can be used to produced electricity.
True
False
2
During which season does solar energy begin to increase?
fall
spring
winter
summer
3
The main processes of the water cycle are?
Evaporation and precipitation
Ground water and surface water
Salt water and freshwater
drought and flooding
4
Most of Earth's available fresh water is stored?
In rivers
In lakes
Underground
In steams
5
The circulation of water from Earth's surface to the atmosphere and back is?
Rotation
Plate tectonics
Glacier
Water Cycle
6
Every 24 hours Earth completes one?
rotation
Revaluation
Axis
Tilt
7
Earth's yearly trip around the sun?
Rotation
Revolution
Drought
Glacier
8
_________________________ is the most common cause of erosion.
water
Weathering
9
The distance north or south of the equator is?
Latitude
Runoff
Plate tectonics
Revolution
10
Which theory suggests that the continents were once part of a supercontinent?
Tilt and rotation
Eruption patterns
Ring of fire
The continental drift
11
The theory of _____ helps explain how forces below Earth's surface have shaped our landforms.
Continental drift
Plate tetonics
12
Monsoons are?
weathered land forms
low latitudes
volcanic eruptions
seasonal winds that bring heavy rains
13
What regions have seasons marked by rainfall rather than temperature?
areas near the south pole
The tropics
High latitudes
Mid-latitudes
14
The collision of two continental plates result in?
plate tetonics
Mountain building
Ocean Trenches
Lava
15
The Northern and Southern hemispheres experience summer at the same time.
False
True
16
What parts of earth can receive up to 24 hours of sunlight a day?
Areas near the Arctic and Antarctic circles
Areas tilted away from the sun
Areas near the equator
Ares with low latitudes
17
Two continental plates that seem to have collided are the?
North American and South American plates
Eurasian and Indian plate
African and Australian plates
South American and Pacific Plates
18
Process of breaking rock into smaller pieces is?
Rotation
Weathering
Runoff
19
Magma that reaches our surface?
Latitude
Lava
Glacier
Revolution
20
Long periods of lower-than-normal precipitation is known as?
Drought
Weathering
Water Cycle
Tropics
21
Precipitation that flows over land into rivers and oceans?
Lava
Surface water
Runoff
22
As the sun heats water on Earth's surface, some of that turns to water vapor.
False
True
23
Water that is found in Earth's streams, rivers, and lakes is?
Water cycle
Surface water
Weathering
Runoff
24
Large areas of slow moving ice?
Surface water
Glacier
Runoff
Water Cycle
25
Most of Earth's salt water is stored in_____________.
Oceans
Wells
26
One complete spin of Earth on its axis?
Rotation
Revolution
Latitude
27
Earth's glaciers can cause?
Precipitation
Erosion
28
About 3% of earths water supply is?
ground water
freshwater
surface water