Earth/Environmental Science Hydrosphere Quiz

Question 1

What is the hydrologic cycle powered by?

Accepted Answer

Gravity, Solar energy

Question 2

What percentage of the Earth's total freshwater is stored in glaciers and icecaps?

Accepted Answer

70%

Question 3

What type of molecule is water (H2O)?

Accepted Answer

Polar molecule

Question 4

Of the soil particles listed, which one has the lowest permeability?

Accepted Answer

Clay

Question 5

Which of these is NOT a meteorological factor of surface runoff?

Accepted Answer

Urbanization

Question 6

Which of these water bodies is runoff most likely to flow to?

Accepted Answer

Streams

Question 7

What percentage of the Earth's total freshwater does groundwater make up?

Accepted Answer

30%

Question 8

What is the name of the upper boundary of the zone of saturation?

Accepted Answer

Water table

Question 9

What is the term for when precipitation enters subsurface soil and rock?

Accepted Answer

Infiltration

Question 10

What is the term for the process in which plants lose water through their stomata?

Accepted Answer

Transpiration

Question 11

Which of these does water NOT temporarily store itself as/in?

Accepted Answer

The Sun

Question 12

What is the name for the lowest point of a body of water (or collection of bodies)?

Accepted Answer

Watershed

Question 13

What is the ratio of evaporation to transpiration for all water vapors?

Accepted Answer

90% to 10%

Question 14

What is the term for the ability of a material to transmit water?

Accepted Answer

Permeability

Question 15

What are the names of the 2 types of aquifers?

Accepted Answer

Unconfined/Confined

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