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1 ESO. U4. The sustainable use of Earth's waters
1 ESO. U4. The sustainable use of Earth's waters
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1
A
saltwater lake
is called...
Island sea
Saltwater lake
Iceland sea
Inland sea
2
Waves
...
have a circular motion
are caused by the wind
all of them always right, like your teacher
move up and down
3
In the
water cycle
, when the
water reaches the rivers or seas
and part
filters into the ground
, the process is called...
Evaporation
Collection
Precipitation
Condensation
4
Tides
are caused by...
The gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun
The revolution of the Earth
The wind
The gravitational force of the Earth
5
The
fertile zone
in the
lower course
of a river is known as...
alluvial plane
allubial plain
alluvial plain
allubial plane
6
The
amount of salt
contained in oceans and seas is called...
salinity
salinitude
saltinity
saltitude
7
Why is
water
a
scarce resource
?
All of them, right
Water is continuosly underexploited
It is evenly distributed
Pollution affects water quality
8
What's the
name
for the next image?
All of them, wrong
Cold springs
Hot springs
Well
9
Which process takes place in the
upper course
of a river?
Transportation
Sedimentation
Deposition
Erosion
10
What's the name for the
wide bends
located in the middle course of a river?
menanders
manders
meandres
meanders
11
Which
factors elevate oceans' salinity
?
Altitude
Distance from the sea
red and yellow ok
Temperature
12
These lakes have...
some of them salt water and others fres water
fresh water
all of them, wrong
salt water
13
What's the name for the
final part of the river
?
Final part
River nose
River eye
River mouth
14
How much of the
Earth's surface
is covered by
water
?
90%
200%
70%
60%
15
This is why the
Earth
is sometimes called...
the red planet
the green planet
the blue planet
the white planet
16
The
area occupied by the main river and its tributaries
is known as...
river basin
river ground
river base
river zone
17
And the
river that flows into another
?
afluent
tributary
all of them are wrong
small river
18
Which is the percentage of
sea water on Earth
?
71.5%
91.5%
2.5%
97.5%
19
The
route
the river takes
from its source to its mouth
is the...
course
bed
flow
channel
20
Huge bodies of water
that surround and separate the continents, are...
Oceans
Inland seas
Lakes
Seas
21
When the
sorrounding water
is
warmer
, we have a...
Cold current
Frozen II current
Hot current
Warm current
22
Tides
take place...
Everyday
Every 100 years, like Barça winning next Champions League
Every week
Every month
23
Which is the name for the
origin
of a
river
?
source
start
beginning
origin
24
Masses of floating ice
are called...
Aisbergs
Icebergs
Aiseberg
Icebers
25
The
volume of water
that a river carries is the...
water
flow
profile
length
26
A l
arge store of undergroundwater
is called...
Apple store
Aquifer
Water store
Acuifer
27
The
triangular area near the river mouth
is called...
island
river mouth
estuary
delta
28
And this one?
Hot sprins
Cold sprins
Cold springs
Hot springs
29
What type of rivers
only flow when it rains
?
gullies
wadis
ephemeral streams
all of them, correct
30
Can you
recognize
the following
lake
?
Lake Baikal
Lake Victoria
Caspian Sea
Lake Caspian
31
Where can we find
most of the Earth's fresh water
?
Underground water
All of them false
In glaciers and ice caps
In rivers and lakes
32
Where does
groundwater
come from?
From rivers
From precipitation
From melting ice and snow
Red and blue, ok
33
What do
most lakes
contain?
gunpowder, like Benzema in his feet
fresh water
ice
satwater
34
The different
changes in water's state
is called...
the water movement
the water states
the water changes
the water cycle
