Final Exam Review #2

How does water move through a plant and change into water vapor?

• evaporation

• condensation

• transpiration

• sublimation

What is the product of condensation that falls from the sky?

• moisture release

• relative humidity

• condensation current

• precipitation

What is the process where water enters a substance?

• infiltration

• saturation

• porosity

• permeability

What is the percentage of open space in the ground?

• infiltration

• saturation

• porosity

• permeability

What is a measure of how easily fluid flows through a porous solid?

• infiltration

• saturation

• porosity

• permeability

What is the action by which water moves against the downward pull of gravity?

• capillarity

• permeability

• degree of saturation

• porosity

What type of climate region exists on the windward side of a mountain?

• arid region

• minimal precipitation

• minimal vegetation

• plentiful rainfall

What type of climate region exists on the leeward side of a mountain? 

• plentiful rainfall

• lots of vegetation

• dry region

• none of the above

What is the way in which a mineral shines or reflects light?

• luster

• cleavage

• hardness

• Fracture

Which property is not the most reliable when identifying a mineral?

• cleavage

• fracture

• streak

• color