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Earth Science Chapter 10 Exam Review
Earth Science Chapter 10 Exam Review
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1
The land area that supplies water to a river system is called a?
Watershed
Icecap
Eutrophication
Water Table
2
How is a watershed related to a river system?
The watershed is a collection of water that flows upstream.
The watershed is a river and all the smaller rivers that flow into it.
A watershed is a local pool
A watershed is the land area that takes and gives water to a river system.
3
True or False.
Water moves through impermeable rock easily.
True
False
4
An underground layer of permeable rock that holds water and allows it to flow is called a(n)?
Aquifer
Ice Cap
Tributary
5
The total amount of dissolved salts in a sample of water is called ________________.
Depth
Salinity
Density
Pressure
6
Small bodies of water that feed into larger bodies of water to form a fresh water source called a river are?
watersheds
seas
tributaries
reservoir
7
Which of the following is NOT a benefit of watersheds?
Recharges the groundwater table.
It helps to fight climate change and promotes sustainable agriculture.
Restores soil fertility and helps in soil conservation
Harms and destroys all of the biodiversity of a region
8
The water that rises into the atmosphere becomes freshwater through the processes of
condensation
&
precipitation
.
False
True
9
A decrease in dissolved oxygen in a body of water to an extreme extent that plant is favored over animal life is called?
Salinity
Transpiration
Eutrophication
Photosynthesis
10
Underwater the pressure _______________________ as the depth ___________________.
Increases; Increases
Decreases; Decreases
Decreases; Increases
Increases; Decreases
11
What feature tells you how deep to dig to reach groundwater?
None of the Above
Saturated Zone
Water Table
Unsaturated Zone
12
What is the relationship between water and climate change?
Water is the main source which we will feel the result of climate change.
The water in the air has nothing to do with climate change.
Water in the lakes and ponds flow continuously to create climate change
13
Where is most of Earth’s freshwater found?
Frozen in sheets of ice
Desert
On Earth’s surface in oceans and seas
Underground in artesian wells
14
What are the three major steps of the water cycle?
Salinity, Condensation, & Evaporation
Transpiration, Condensation, & Precipitation
Evaporation, Condensation, & Precipitation
Condensation, Precipitation, & Photosynthesis
15
True or False.
Water going through the process of evaporation or condensation is caused by changes in
heat
.
True
False
16
Which sphere of Earth is the water cycle apart of?
Lithosphere
Atmosphere
Geosphere
Hydrosphere
17
True or False.
A ridge of land that separates one watershed from another is called a
tributary.
True
False
