The Water Cycle
Condensed water vapor that falls back to Earth
a. Dehydration
b. Evaporation
c. Precipitation
d. Condensation
c. Precipitation
Land that is covered with a shallow layer of water
a. Natural spring
b. Wetlands
c. Well
d. Ponds & lakes
e. Aquifer
b. Wetlands
Zone with extremely faint light
a. Sunlit zone
b. Twilight zone
c. Dark zone
d. Abyss
e. Trenches
b. Twilight zone
Cause of ocean waves
a. Tsunami
b. Wind
c. Swells
b. Wind
Tides are caused by
a. The rotation of the Earth
b. The orbit of the Moon
c. Gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon
d. Gravitational pull of just the Sun
c. Gravitational pull of the Sun and Moon
A continuous flow of water in the ocean
a. surface current
b. deep current
c. both
c. both
Once water makes its way through the entire water cycle, the water
a. Stays in the same stage
b. Disappears
c. Starts the cycle again
d. Starts a different cycle
c. Starts the cycle again
Water collects in hollows and low-lying areas of land
a. Natural spring
b. Wetlands
c. Well
d. Ponds & lakes
e. Aquifer
d. Ponds & lakes
Zone with the highest level of pressure, nearly freezing temperatures, and invertebrates thrive
a. Sunlit zone
b. Twilight zone
c. Dark zone
d. Abyss
e. Trenches
d. Abyss
Series of waves
a. Tsunami
b. Wind
c. Swells
c. Swells
Generally, any beach will have ______ each day.
a. 1 high tide and 1 low tide
b. 1 high tide
c. 1 low tide
d. 2 high tides and 2 low tides
d. 2 high tides and 2 low tides
Usually caused by the wind
a. surface current
b. deep current
c. both
a. surface current
Where does the energy that powers the water cycle come from?
a. The Earth
b. The Moon
c. The Sun
d. The stars
c. The Sun
Man-made hole drilled below water table
a. Natural spring
b. Wetlands
c. Well
d. Ponds & lakes
e. Aquifer
c. Well
Zone where photosynthesis can occur
a. Sunlit zone
b. Twilight zone
c. Dark zone
d. Abyss
e. Trenches
a. Sunlit zone
Caused by earthquakes or volcanic eruptions
a. Tsunami
b. Wind
c. Swells
a. Tsunami
When do Spring Tides occur?
a. During the New and Full Moons
b. During Crescent Moons
c. During Quarter Moons
d. During Gibbous Moons
a. During the New and Full Moons
Caused by convection currents
a. surface current
b. deep current
c. both
b. deep current
When water evaporates, it changes from a ________ into a _______.
a. Gas to solid
b. Solid to gas
c. Gas to liquid
d. Liquid to gas
d. Liquid to gas
Groundwater bubbles or flows out of cracks in rocks
a. Natural spring
b. Wetlands
c. Well
d. Ponds & lakes
e. Aquifer
a. Natural spring
Zone with few creatures and temperature near freezing
a. Sunlit zone
b. Twilight zone
c. Dark zone
d. Abyss
e. Trenches
d. Abyss
Caused by differences in density
a. surface current
b. deep current
c. both
b. deep current
The process of a gas changing into a liquid due to a decrease in temperature or pressure.
a. Dehydration
b. Evaporation
c. Precipitation
d. Condensation
d. Condensation
Layer of rock that holds or stores water
a. Natural spring
b. Wetlands
c. Well
d. Ponds & lakes
e. Aquifer
e. Aquifer
Zone where the only light is from organisms, extreme pressure
a. Sunlit zone
b. Twilight zone
c. Dark zone
d. Abyss
e. Trenches
c. Dark zone
Transports matter and energy
a. surface current
b. deep current
c. both
c. both