Earth's Waters

Earth's Waters

10th Grade

25 Qs

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Earth's Waters

Earth's Waters

Assessment

Quiz

Science

10th Grade

Medium

NGSS
MS-ESS2-4, MS-PS1-4, MS-ESS2-6

+6

Standards-aligned

Created by

Rebecca Flock

Used 1+ times

FREE Resource

25 questions

Show all answers

1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What weather system might be occurring if the trade winds in the Pacific are stronger than normal?

The Jet Stream

La Niña

Upwelling

El Niño

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-5

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why would a civilization choose to live near a river that regularly floods?

The presence of a higher bed load

The presence of a higher suspended load

The presence of tributaries in the flood plain

The presence of alluvium in the flood plain

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS3-1

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

What is a property of soil that determines how water will soak through the ground?

Permeability

Aquifer

Capillary action

Gravity

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-4

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Which way does water move once it reaches the water table?

Sideways

Up

Down

It stops moving.

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

If you were a plant, which zone would be most difficult to live in?

Benthic

Profundal

Limnetic

Sediment

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-5

NGSS.MS-LS2-1

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Why does Earth have a liquid water supply and Mars does not?

Mars is much larger than Earth.

Mars is too cold.

Earth was never bombarded with comets.

Mars has no magnetic field.

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

A wave with a height of 5 feet and a wavelength of 15 feet has a wave base of ____.

3 feet

7.5 feet

6 feet

12 feet

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