Hydrosphere Review

Liquid water turning into gaseous water vapor when energy is added (ex. a rain puddle disappearing after a few hours)

• runoff

• infiltration

• evaporation

• precipitation

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A circular flow of water around an ocean basin is known as -

• Deep ocean current

• Gyre

• Great Pacific Trash Heap

• Cyclone

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Deep ocean currents are effected by

• wind

• convection

• fish swimming very fast

• rivers emptying out into the ocean

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What describes the smaller streams and rivers that feed into larger rivers?

• Watersheds

• Tributaries

• Divides

• Aquifers

The water cycle describes the process in which

• water cycles through currents in the ocean

• water circulates between Earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land

• Water cycles between being polar and nonpolar

• None of the above

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Water is the universal solvent because it

• Can be found anywhere

• Floats when frozen

• It freezes when it gets cold

• dissolves most polar substances

Evaporation is driven by

• energy from currents

• energy from waters polarity

• energy from the sun

• energy from wind

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What percentage of Earth is covered by water

• less than 1%

• 3%

• 70%

• 97%

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Where does water pollution usually come from

• Human activity

• animals

• floods

• drinking too much water

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Currents on the surface of the ocean are moved mostly by

• heat

• wind

• salinity

• the mixing of warm and cold water

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