Water Cycle & Rivers
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- Q1What is an example of evaporation?boiling waterrunoffprecipitationcondensation30s
- Q2When water vapor changes into liquid water it is called?crystallizationevaporationcondensationrun-off30s
- Q3What does transpiration mean?Plants release oxygenPlants release water vaporClouds formPlants absorb water30s
- Q4How much of Earth's surface is covered with water?About 50%About 80%About 75%About 60%30s
- Q5Without ______ the water cycle wouldn't occur?WindThe sunPlantsMountains30s
- Q6What are areas below Earth's surface where water is stored?Run-offGroundwaterWatershedsAquifer30s
- Q7What changes in order to make liquid water, evaporate into water vapor?TimeChemical compoundTemperatureThe location30s
- Q8What is infiltration?Water that falls to Earth as rain, sleet, hail or snowThe flow of water from Earth's surface into the groundHeat from the sunThe release of water vapor from the leaves of plants.30s
- Q9How does sunlight affect the water cycle?the sun affects it by making things hotthe sun helps with gravitythe sun doesn't do anythingthe sun is the driving force of energy for the water cycle30s
- Q10What is a tributary?Where a river flows into the oceanThe main course of a riverA small river found off of a larger riverThe point where one river meets another river30s
- Q11What is the source of a river?the middle of the riverwhere the river meets the seathe end of the riverthe start of the river30s
- Q12What is a meander?A deep pool of water at the bottom of a waterfall.Natural embankments at the side of the river bank.A bend in the river.Water heating up and turning into water vapor.30s
- Q13What is a river delta?A bend in a river.Low lying areas where a river meets the sea or lake.The start of the river.The time between peak discharge and peak rainfall.30s
- Q14At which stage of a river is the energy at its greatest?YoungOldMiddleLate30s
- Q15The water table usually rises when there is:an increase in the amount of precipitationa decrease in the amount of surface area covered by vegetationan increase in the slope of the landa decrease in the amount of infiltration30s
