Science: Q2 Test REVIEW

Step A shows one way water can move into the air before it falls as rain. Which statement best explains this process?

• Gravity changes water from liquid to gas.
• Gravity changes water from gas to liquid.
• The sun's energy changes water from liquid to gas.
• The sun's energy changes water from gas to liquid.

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Which model best shows how water moves between Earth systems to create rainfall on an island?

• atmosphere --> hydrosphere --> geosphere
• hydrospere --> atmosphere --> geosphere
• biosphere --> atmosphere --> geosphere
• biosphere --> geosphere --> hydrosphere

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Step F of the water cycle model represents which movement between Earth systems?

• Water moves as a gas from the biosphere to the atmosphere.
• Water moves as a gas from the hydrosphere to the biosphere.
• Water moves as a liquid from the biosphere to the geosphere.
• Water moves as a liquid from the geosphere to the hydrosphere.

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The pie chart shows where the water on Earth is. Most of the water is in oceans. Most of the water that is not in oceans is frozen in ice caps and glaciers.

Select the words from the pie charts (above) to best complete the sentence below.

Most of Earth's freshwater is ​ (a)   ​ , and most of Earth's surface freshwater is found in ​​ (b)   .

• swamps
• oceans
• ice caps/glaciers
• lakes

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A family goes camping on a mountain. The family returns to a spot that the family has visited before. They are surprised to see that the area looks different now. Heavy rains have washed away some soil and exposed a large fossil embedded in the rock. What two systems contributed most to exposing the fossil?

• Hydrosphere & Geosphere

• Biosphere & Atmosphere

• Geosphere & Biosphere

• Atmosphere & Hydrosphere

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In New York, the Spotted Lantern Fly has been introduced to the habitat from Asia and its population has grown very quickly. What is the reason for this rapid population growth?

• The species is native to the area so it does not need to adapt.
• Lantern Flies have no natural predators in New York.
• They are prey to many organisms.
• They formed a balance with the habitat and the organisms that live there.

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What could be the cause of the change shown in Figure 2?

• increase in rainfall
• increase in land erosion
• increase in snow melting
• increase in spring water volume

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What interaction causes the water to come out of the spring (1)?

• Ocean water mixes with the aquifer (2) water.
• Dry air speeds up the evaporation of ocean water.
• Rain soaks through the soil and porous (3) rock to fill the aquifer.
• Trees draw the water through the porous rock and out through the spring.

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The student wants to identify the parts of the map that show the relationship between only the hydrosphere and geosphere in Figure 1.

Check off which interactions show a relationship between the hydrosphere and geosphere. Choose two answers.

• Deer drinking water from the spring
• Trees absorbing water from the soil
• Rivers carrying sediment and depositing it in the ocean
• Waters evaporating from the ocean and condensing to form clouds.
• Porous rocks filtering groundwater as it passes through the layer.

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Figure 3 shows the streamflow of Mountain Creek from one morning to the afternoon. What time of day is the streamflow increasing and why?

• 9am to 11am due to an increase in rainfall.

• 11am to 1pm because the rain stopped.

• 1pm and on because the creek always flows

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