Water Quiz

Globally, what is true about the amount of precipitation and evaporation on Earth?

• evaporation > precipitation

• evaporation < precipitation

• evaporation = precipitation

• evaporation and precipitation vary

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Most water on Earth is evaporated off which surface?

• Oceans

• Mountains

• Continents

• Polar Regions

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What is formed when water vapor condenses in the air?

• A: sometimes storms and rain

• B: Atmosphere

• C: Clouds

• D: Both A and C

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Hollis the Goat is wearing a hat because he believes what part of the water cycle is about to happen?

• transpiration

• infiltration

• precipitation

• run-off

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Which best describes what happens on continents?

• They gain more water through precipitation than they evaporate off

• They have equal amounts of precipitation and evaporation

• They evaporate off more water than they gain through precipitation

• They vary a lot in the amount of precipitation and evaporation

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When water evaporates off a wet shirt, what do the water molecules do?

• A: The molecules break up into atoms

• B: The molecules gain energy and evaporate into the air

• C: The molecules change states from a liquid to a gas

• D: B and C are correct

• E: A, B, and C are all correct

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Which best describes how water drains away from OMS and then out of Lake Minnetonka?

• It drains directly south through the lake and then south out of Minnehaha creek

• It drains in an eastward direction and then east out Minnehaha creek

• It drains south through the lake and then west out of Minnehaha creek

• It drains in a westward direction and then west out of Minnehaha creek

Which watersheds or regions drain water from your house to the nearest ocean?

• Water from my yard drains through the Upper Mississippi to Ohio to Mid Atlantic watersheds to the Atlantic

• Water from my yard drains through the Great lakes watershed to the Atlantic

• Water from my yard drains through the Upper Mississippi and Lower Mississippi watersheds then out the Gulf of Mexico

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Minnesota is a land of 10,000 lakes and has lots of water. How does most of the water arrive in Minnesota?

• By air

• By sea

• By land

• By groundwater

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According to the SPLASH reading that we read in class, how many gallons of water does the average American use for drinking, washing, and other home uses per day?

• 30-50 gallons

• 80-100 gallons

• 50-80 gallons

• 100-150 gallons