Effects of the Hydrosphere

What is the hydrosphere?

• All of Earth's liquid and solid water

• The process of weathered rock moving

• A large sheet of ice

• Land near a body of water

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What does erosion refer to?

• The dropping off of eroded soil

• The process of weathered rock moving from one place to another

• A large sheet of ice moving slowly

• Land that is likely to flood

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What is deposition?

• The process of weathered rock moving

• A large sheet of ice

• The dropping off of eroded soil and bits of rock

• Land near a body of water

What is a floodplain?

• A large sheet of ice

• Land near a body of water that is likely to flood

• The process of weathered rock moving

• The dropping off of eroded soil

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What is a glacier?

• A large sheet of ice that moves slowly across the land

• The process of weathered rock moving

• Land near a body of water

• The dropping off of eroded soil

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What can cause a storm surge?

• Erosion of rocks

• Winds and waves from a hurricane forcing water onshore

• The movement of glaciers

• The formation of floodplains

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What forms when water interacts with rock formations?

• Glaciers

• Sediments and canyons

• Storm surges

• Floodplains

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How does the hydrosphere interact with the geosphere?

• By forming glaciers

• By causing storm surges

• By interacting with rock formations to form sediments

• By creating floodplains

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Which of the following is NOT a part of the hydrosphere?

• Rivers

• Glaciers

• Mountains

• Oceans

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Match the following

• B

• Precipitation

• C

• Condensation

• E

• Evaporation

• D

• Groundwater

• A

• Transpiration

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