IB ESS Exam

Which law remarks that the availability of energy to carry out processes becomes reduced as it moves through a system and entropy increases?

• First Law of Thermodynamics

• Second Law of Thermodynamics

• Third Law of Thermodynamics

• Murphy's Law

Energy cannot be created nor destroyed, only converted from one form to another. Which Law is this?

• First Law of Thermodynamics

• Second Law of Thermodynamics

• Third Law of Thermodynamics

• First Law of Fusion

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Any form of water that falls from clouds and reaches Earth's surface as rain, snow, sleet, or hail is called...

• surface water

• precipitation 

• ground water

• runoff

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Soil and rock act as giant sponges because they are full of tiny pores and cracks that hold underground water.  These small pores allow the water to infiltrate and collect underground.   Rain and snowmelt that infiltrates the ground is called

• backflow

• groundwater

• spongate

• infiltrate

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Which letter represents amplitude? (a)  

• A

• B

• C

• D

• E

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Humans can affect the hydrological cycle by speeding up the flow of water, which of these activities has this effect?{Choose all that apply!}

• Building cities

• Straightening rivers into canals or pipes

• Making reservoirs by building dams

• Using water for irrigation

• Deforesting areas

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Increased flash flooding occurs because less water can infiltrate the soil after precipitation, which of these human activities makes this problem worse? {Choose all that apply!}

• Overgrazing and trampling soils

• Deforestation

• Burning fossil fuels

• Building roads and buildings of concrete

• Releasing pollutants into rivers

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Which stage does the show in the diagram?

• condensation

• evaporation

• precipitation

• run off

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Which of the following causes all of the water on the planet to change its state (solid, liquid, gas) and move through the water cycle?

• changes in coverage and type of plants

• geographic location of ice caps and ocean currents

• directional spinning of the Earth and wind currents

• changes in the amount of heat from the sun and gravity

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What would happen if the Sun is removed from the water cycle?

• The water cycle would not include precipitation but would continue with groundwater flow.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides the energy for evaporation and transpiration.

• The water cycle would no longer occur because the Sun provides energy for the formation of clouds.

• The water cycle would not include evaporation and transpiration but would continue with condensation.

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