Hydrology

71% of Earth's surface is covered by ____

• Land

• Water

• Fresh Water

• Salt Water

Salt Water makes up __% of all water on Earth

• 97

• 71

• 53

• 85

. The flat area of the ocean basin is called the

• Ocean floor
• The Abyss
• Continental rise
• Abyssal Plain

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-3

What is Salinity? 

• how much salt is in any given liquid
• salt on the rocks
• how much salt is in takis

What causes deep ocean currents?

• moon's gravitational pull
• temperature, density, salinity
• wind

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

What gives the water cycle its energy 

• sun
• moon
• fire
• ice

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

An aquifer is...

• a layer of non-permeable rock that contains (holds) water

• a layer of permeable rock that contains (holds) water

• a layer of sand that holds water

• a layer of dirt that contains water

How do clouds form? 

• smoke from factories
• when condensation near land freezes
• when water vapor condenses and cools 

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NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

The steep slope where the continental shelf drops to the bottom of the ocean floor

• continental shelf
• continental slope
• continental rise
• continental breakfast

What is the most abundant (most common) salt in the ocean?

• a) sodium chloride: Table salt

• b) sulfate

• a and b

• other