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Earth Science Quiz- 5th Grade
Earth Science Quiz- 5th Grade
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Severe Weather & Earth's Water
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What percent of the earth is salt water?
10
75
70
65
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To save water means
reclamation
conservation
evaporation
drought
3
What percent of the water on the earth is useable?
3
15
10
1
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What is sleet?
rain and snow
rain
hail
snow
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What is a way to conserve water?
plant desert plants
brush your teeth with the water on
fill up a swimming pool
leave sprinklers on for long periods of time
6
What do you call clouds that are puffy and flat on the bottom?
coconut
stratus
cirrus
cumulus
7
What causes evaporation?
water vapor
heat
warm front
cold front
8
What happens when salt water evaporates?
salt evaporates with the water vapor
the oceans become more salty
the clouds become more salty
the rivers become more salty
9
What do you call the layers of gasses that are attracted to Earth?
stratosphere
methosphere
atmosphere
troposphere
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Where does run-off end up
rivers & lakes
mountains
drought
clouds
11
What are the different types of severe weather?
hurricane
all that mentioned
tornado
monsoon
12
Recycling and reusing water is called
storage
reclamation
conservation
drought
13
What is a tornado?
a large swirling storm with low pressure
a rainstorm with lightning and thunder
an intense rain storm
a rotating funnel-shaped clouds with strong winds
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What do you call the closest layer of atmosphere to the Earth?
mesosphere
troposphere
thermosphere
atmosphere
15
Going a long time without water or precipitation is called
sleet
conservation
drought
reclamation
16
Where is the greatest amount of air pressure?
at the top of the building
middle of the building
on the ground
above the building
17
When water evaporates, it turns into
precipitation
evaporation
vapor
drought
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What causes a drought?
taking long showers
little preciptation
little evaporation
driving wrecklessly
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What is a hurricane?
a large swirling storm with low pressure
a rainstorm
heavy rain for a long period of time
a rotating funnel-shaped cloud with strong winds
20
When water turns from a gas to a liquid its called...
precipitation
condensation
evaporation
run-off
21
What do you call low clouds that form near the ground?
cirrus
fog
stratus
cumulus
22
Rain, sleet, hail, and snow are all examples of
evaporation
precipitation
condensation
run-off
23
Cirrus clouds are
whispy
solid
dark
puffy
24
What causes lightning?
a loud sound in the sky
a discharge of energy
water falling from the sky
water vapor changing into water droplets
25
What is the force put on a given area by the weight of air?
mass pressure
troposphere
atmosphere
air pressure
26
What is the order of the water cycle?
evaporation, precipitation, condensation, run-off
precipitation, condensation, run-off, evaporation
evaporation, condensation, precipitation, run-off
run-off, evaporation, condensation, precipitation
27
What is a monsoon?
a season storm with a large amount of rain and flooding
a storm with lightning and thunder
a storm with hail, sleet, and snow
a storm that lasts for only a small amount of time
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What is this a good picture of?
precitation
stratus clouds
run-off
condensation
