Water Cycle and Related Concepts Quiz

What is the process of supplying water to land or crops to help them grow?

• Industrialization

• Hydrolectricity

• Irrigation

• Transpiration

What term describes the development of industries on a large scale?

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Industrialization

• Evapotranspiration

• Watershed

What is electricity generated by using the energy from moving water called?

• Hydrolectricity

• Transpiration

• Groundwater

• Aquifer

What is another name for the "water cycle"?

• Evapotranspiration

• Hydrologic Cycle

• Continental Shelf

• Estuary

What process involves plants absorbing water through their roots and releasing it as vapor?

• Transpiration

• Irrigation

• Industrialization

• Tributary

What is the combined process of water evaporating from land and plants called?

• Watershed

• Evapotranspiration

• Headwaters

• Wetlands

What is the source or beginning of a river called?

• Tributary

• Estuary

• Headwaters

• Aquifer

What is a smaller river or stream that flows into a larger river or lake called?

• Watershed

• Tributary

• Groundwater

• Water Table

What is an area of land where all the water drains into a common body of water called?

• Estuary

• Wetlands

• Watershed

• Continental Shelf

What is a coastal area where freshwater mixes with saltwater called?

• Estuary

• Aquifer

• Headwaters

• Water Table