Water cycle multiple choice questions Flashcards
What state is the most water on earth found…
Liquid
What state is most freshwater on earth found…
Solid
Where is most liquid freshwater on earth found…
Underground
How much of earths liquid fresh water is found underground…
95%
When water changes from liquid to gas it this is known as…
Evaporation
Clouds are example of…
Condensation
Plants release water into the atmosphere via…
Evapotranspiration
And underground source of water that sits in a water bearing
formation is called…
Aquifer
The areas of land that drain water into one main river or a lake are known as…
Watershed
The uppermost level water reaches under the ground is called…
Water table
What is it called when you water is being added to ground water?
Recharge
How much of the earth is covered in water
74%
The amount of salt in water is called
Salinity
Salt and minerals that have accumulated over the ages in the lakes and ocean is from
Erosion
The mixture of freshwater and saltwater is known as
Brackish water
Why can’t we drink saltwater
Because it dries out our cells make us more thirsty and harms our body
The second zone within the lake is the…
Limnetic Zone
The zone within a lake that makes contact with the shore is known as
Littoral zone
Which is not type of water pollution that we talked about
Mineral pollution
The beginning point of a river is called a
Source
The zone of the ocean that includes both exposure and submerging of organisms is the
Intertidal zone
Which word also means salt water
Oceanic zone
The area that is one of the most diverse and rich ecosystems where fresh and saltwater mix is called a
Estuary
The deepest song of the water is known as the
Oceanic zone
The continental shelf is a shelf of land that extends out from the edge of a continent below the ocean surface. The water in this zone of the ocean is
Warm and light making it the rich in nutrients
The deepest lake in the world is in Russia compared to the ocean it is relatively shallow ocean depth can reach 11,000 m whereas this lake is only 1700 m the name of the lake is called
Lake Baikal
Unimportant zone in the ocean ecosystem is the one that contains brackish water and is known as the
Estuary zone
What causes oceanic plates to be constantly moving
The rotation of the earth (it move slowly because of the interior of earth)
How were most of the lakes in Canada formed
glaciation
Which part of the scratch when is the only person left untouched by the last glaciation
Cypress Hills
Land features the formations are evidence of glacial movement.I Wynding ridge of sand and gravel left behind are retreating glacier is called a
Moraine
Glaciers gouge huge area of the land and then her reshape the land buy the materials they collect. Some of the features Include large inland lakes, where a glacier has dug a huge hole and filled it with water this inland lakes are called
Kettle lakes
Which is one of the causes of ocean currents
The pull of the moon
What creates microclimate
An increase in temperature compared to the surrounding climate
What are the warm surface currents that Come from tropical area is called
Gulf stream
What is the change in water level in an ocean called
Tide
The term climate refers to the average…
Weather measured over a long period of time
A main difference between the waves and currents is that
Currents move more than waves
How were most of the lakes in Canada formed
Glaciation
Which part of Saskatchewan was the only portion left untouched by the last glaciation
Cypress Hills
In the evening which of the following holds on the heat longer therefore creating a breeze
Water
During the day which of the following absorbs heat from the sun more quickly
Land
A breeze that usually occurs during the evening is called a
Land breeze
A breeze that are usually occur during daytime is called
Seabreeze
Which of the following are small hills then can show us the direction the glacier was moving by looking at its shape
drumlins
What has had one of the greatest effects in shaping the Saskatchewan landscape
glaciers moving
What is the largest use of water by people in the world
Agriculture
What percentage of water world wide is used for industry
22%
What is the greatest use of domestic water in Canada
Showers and baths
What percentage of in their water is used for showers and baths
35%
What area of land is flat and usually beside the rivers at the same level
Floodplain
