Water in the Ground - Knowledge Check #3

Select the scientific explanation that is supported by our exploration of groundwater.

• Snow melting on more compact surfaces is more likely to run off than snow that melts on looser surfaces.

• A given volume of snow produces about two times the amount of water.

• Energy transfer will always occur from snow to the warm ocean, causing the snow to melt.

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Select the scientific explanation that is supported by our exploration of groundwater.

• If energy transfer is slow, snow that falls can collect.

• If energy transfer is too fast, snow may stay frozen and not melt at all.

• Energy transfer will always occur from snow to the warm ocean, causing the snow to melt.

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Select the scientific explanation that is supported by our exploration of groundwater.

• Energy transferred from the sun causes snow to freeze.

• If energy transfer is too fast, snow may stay frozen and not melt at all.

• Warmer temperatures increase the energy transfer between the environment and ice particles in snow.

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What can happen to precipitation after it falls to the surface Earth?

Choose all correct answers.

• The water can run off the surface.

• The water can evaporate from the surface.

• The water can accumulate quickly and create an ocean.

• The water can soak into the ground.

• The water can create a tornado.

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An area of rock and soil that is saturated with water.

• lake

• aquifer

• ocean

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A water droplet falls from the sky, either as ​ (a)   if it is cold or ​ (b)   if it is warm. When the water droplet hits the ground, it is either ​ (c)   by the ground or ​ (d)   off depending on the surface. When the sun is shining and the temperatures are warmer, the water droplet will ​ (e)   .

• snow
• rain
• absorbed
• flows
• evaporate
• condensate

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A water droplet falls from the sky as snow since it is ​ (a)   . When the snowflake reaches the ground, it will remain a ​ (b)   and will not be absorbed by the ground or flow. The snowflake droplet will most likely remain on the ​ (c)   and be covered and surrounded by other snowflakes. If more snow falls over time than melts, the snow ​ (d)   , forming ​ (e)   .

• cold
• solid
• surface
• snowpack
• accumulates
• warm
• liquid

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A water droplet falls from the sky. When it reaches the ground, it will be ​ (a)   by the ground. The droplet will most likely remain ​ (b)   the surface and possibly enter underground water systems (​ (c)   ). Over time, if more rain falls than ​ (d)   from aquifer, the amount of water in the aquifer will ​ (e)   .

• absorbed
• below
• aquifers
• increase
• drains
• decrease
• above

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Label the model of the water cycle.

a

b

c

d

e

precipitation

land

body of water

condensation

evaporation

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