Chapter 4 Quiz - Water and the Water Cycle

What is an Earth system that includes all the water on the planet?

• hydropshere

• troposphere

• atmosphere

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What % of Earth’s surface is covered by water.

• 60%

• 70%

• 80%

• 90%

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Water moves from place to place on Earth through the_________ cycle.

• earth

• water

• space

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Water in the atmosphere usually exists as a solid.

• True
• False

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About 97% of Earth’s total water is salt water found in oceans.

• True
• False

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The _______________ provides the energy that drives the water cycle.

• Sun
• evaporation
• precipitation
• wind
• weather

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Plants lose water and oxygen through their pores in the process of _______________.

• transpiration
• evaporation
• Sun
• precipitation
• wind

A mud puddle drying up is an example of ___________________.

• evaporation
• Sun
• precipitation
• wind
• weather

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Moisture falling down from the atmosphere, water running downhill, and water soaking down into the ground are all examples of how ___________________ moves water from place to place.

• gravity
• evaporation
• Sun
• precipitation
• wind

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Gaseous water turning to rain, sleet, or snow and falling back to Earth is an example of ________________.

• precipitation
• evaporation
• Sun
• wind
• weather

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