Unit 7 (Hydrology) Vocabulary Quiz
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- Q1What is the hydrosphere?the body of air that surrounds Earthall of the living things on Earthall of the water on or above or below the surface of the Earththe solid and rocky crust that covers the surface of the Earth30s
- Q2During which process does liquid water become water vapor?condensationevaporationprecipitationdeposition30s
- Q3During which process does water vapor change directly to a solid?depositionprecipitationcondensationevaporation30s
- Q4What is condensation?liquid water becomes water vaporwater vapor changes directly to a solidwater falls back to the Earth as rain/sleet/hail/snowwater vapor cools and becomes a liquid30s
- Q5What is precipitation?water vapor cools and becomes a liquidliquid water becomes water vaporwater falls back to the Earth as rain/sleet/hail/snowwater vapor changes directly to a solid30s
- Q6During which process does water soak into the ground?infiltrationprecipitationrunoffevaporation30s
- Q7During which process does water run across the ground until it reaches a body of water?condensationevaporationrunoffinfiltration30s
- Q8What is a river system?a network of connecting channels through which water is collected and transported to the oceana small area of land drained by a stream or lake or wetlandan area of land drained by a rivera body of rock or sediment that stores water30s
- Q9What is an area of land drained by a river called?aquiferwatershedriver systemriver basin30s
- Q10What is an aquifer?a small area of land drained by a stream or lake or wetlanda network of connecting channels through which water is collected and transported to the oceana body of rock or sediment that stores wateran area of land drained by a river30s
- Q11What is a watershed?an area of land drained by a rivera body of rock or sediment that stores watera network of connecting channels through which water is collected and transported to the oceana small area of land drained by a stream or lake or wetland30s
- Q12What is water that travels or is stored underground called?surface watergroundwaterriver systemriver basin30s
- Q13What is water that travels or is stored above the surface of the Earth called?groundwatersurface wateraquiferwatershed30s
- Q14What is pollution?the release of harmful materials into the environmentwater that travels or is stored undergroundwater that travels or is stored above the surface of the Earthwater that is safe to drink30s
- Q15What is a wetland?a network of connecting channels through which water is collected and transported to the oceana land area that is covered with a shallow layer of water during some or all of the yeara body of rock or sediment that stores watera partially enclosed body of water along the coast where freshwater mixes with saltwater30s