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Earth Science, Hydrosphere #earthscience #hydrosphere
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1
What drives deep water currents?
Sea Turtles
Wind and Salinity
Density and Sun
Salinity and density
2
Water sticking to water is known as adhesion.
True
False
3
What assumption do we make every time we fill a glass with water from the tap and drink it?
It came from a pure mountain stream near the town
It is safe to drink and contains pure water
It contains approved levels of dissolved substances.
It may make a small percentage of susceptible people sick
4
Aquifers can hold water for long periods of time.
True.
False
5
What does salt do to the freezing point of water?
It lowers it.
It doesn't change it.
It increases it.
It automatically freezes it.
6
What is responsible for surface currents and waves?
Salinity
Wind
Density
Ice Caps
7
What does abiotic mean?
not unalive
not living
living
alive
8
In order to preserve the fish in our oceans we must...
do nothing.
overfish.
eat more fish.
not overfish.
9
What is this image showing?
The carbon cycle
the water cycle
the weather along the Wasatch front
The nitrogen cycle
10
What is the relationship between depth and temperature in the ocean?
The warmer it is the more salt it has.
The deeper it is, the colder it is.
the deeper it is the warmer it is.
the colder it is, the more lighter it is.
11
Water is a polar molecule because...
there's slight positive and negative charges in one molecule
it has positive charges in the middle and negative outside
it is cool, like the polar regions
it starts its journey in the polar regions
12
In this image which layer is the most dense?
blue
red
green
13
What 2 processes return water vapor to the Earth?
Condensation and melting
Precipitation and transpiration
Percolation and sublimation
Condensation and Precipitation
14
How can water that was in the Pacific ocean a week ago end up in Utah today?
the sun evaporated it and sun rays carried it.
it evaporated and air currents carried it.
It rained on the ocean and waves carried it.
it condensed and a river carried it.
15
What weather is associated with High Pressure?
Rain
Happy- Sunny/nice
Hail
Lousy
16
What is upwelling?
The downward movement of warm surface water.
The downward movement of cold water.
the upward movement of cold bottom water.
the upward movement of warm bottom water.
17
Humans have had no impact on the worlds oceans.
True
False
18
Which of the following is an example of a biotic organism?
Cohesion
Salinity
Density
Shark
19
What is this image showing?
Deep ocean currents
Surface Currents
Deep lake Currents
Jetstream
20
It is safe to drink water that has been floating in a stream.
False.
True.
21
As water moves under ground by gravity, rocks, sand, and sediments help to naturally filter it.
False
True
22
Water dissolves a lot of things, because of this we call it the....
Universal Solvent
best stuff on earth
Master Dissolver
most refreshing
23
What causes tides?
Friction from the Wind
Heat from the Sun
Gravitational pull from the Sun and Moon
Shadows from the Moon
24
What percentage of water is in the worlds oceans?
75%
97%
50%
99%
25
What is a reservoir?
A place to have a water fight.
A place to camp.
A place to boat.
A place where substances (water) are stored.
26
What property of water allows it to form drops?
Surface Tension
Adhesion
Cohesion
Precipitation
27
What causes surface tension?
Hydrogen bonding
Adhesion
High heat capacity
Specific heat
28
Why is water unique when it freezes?
It floats when it is frozen, unlike most solids.
It sinks to the bottom.
It is colder than the water.
Water is not unique.
29
What 3 processes create water vapor?
evaporation, sublimation, and transpiration
evaporation,percolation, and transpiation
run off, sublimation, and deposition
condensation, melting, and evaporation
30
What are the 2 sources that created the Earth's water?
Comets and Asteroids
Volcanoes and Lakes
Geysers outgassing and Hot springs
outgassing from volcanoes, comets
