Hydrosphere Vocabulary

Which term best describes the land that water flows across on its way to a river?

• groundwater

• salinity

• precipitation

• river basin

Which term best describes all the liquid and solid water particles that fall from clouds and reach the ground?

• precipitation

• solvent

• evaporation

• condensation

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Which of the following occurs when there is more water than land can absorb?

• Water Cycle

• Water Runoff

• Polarity

• Aquifer

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Which term best describes the process of water vapor turning back into liquid water?

• Solute

• Evaporation

• Condensation

• Precipitation

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The __________ of seawater is defined as the total amount by weight of dissolved salts in one kilogram of seawater

• aquifer

• salinity

• polarity

• solvent

An _______________ forms a transition zone between river environments and the ocean.

• aquifer

• water cycle

• surface water

• estuary

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The ___________ is a huge body of saltwater that covers about 71 percent of the Earth's surface.

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Which term best describes the water that exists underground in saturated zones beneath the land surface?

• ocean

• surface water

• nonpoint source pollution

• groundwater

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The upper surface of this zone of saturation is called the water table. The saturated zone beneath the water table is called an ___________________.

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The ground was ______________________ after days and days of rain.

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