Hydrology-Oceans

Where does most of the water evaporation on

Earth come from?

• Transpiring plants

• Rivers

• Oceans

• Surface lakes

Estuaries are not only habitats for animals but they can provide this for people:

• Recreational area

• Food source

• Educational and learning environment

• All of these

Oceans keep temperatures _________________________________.

• Gulf Stream
• modern
• moderate
• waving

Deep ocean currents are caused by

• the moon's gravity

• differences in density

• the Coriolis Effect

• surface winds

Which of the following IS NOT true about groundwater?

• Groundwater is the largest freshwater source on Earth.

• Groundwater is freshwater beneath Earth’s surface.

• Groundwater is the largest liquid freshwater source for humans.

• Groundwater can maintain streamflow during times of drought.

H₂O is a/an…

• element
• molecule of a compound
• atom
• molecule of an element

Put the liquids in order from most dense to least dense?

• 4, 3, 2, 1
• 1, 2, 3, 4
• 3, 4, 2, 1, 
• 4, 3, 1, 2

The circulation of the earth's water, in which water evaporates from the sea into the atmosphere, where it condenses and falls as rain or snow, returning to the sea by rivers or returning to the atmosphere by evapo-transpiration is called the...

• carbon cycle
• nitrogen cycle
• water cycle
• rock cycle

The measure of the amount of salt dissolved in water is:

• pH

• salinity

• solution

• miscibility

What term is the measure of dissolved salts in water?

• Thermocline
• Salinity
• Saltiness
• Tides