Multiple choice
An ice sheet is the ______ type of glacier.
a) Largest b) Smallest c) Tallest d) Shortest
a) Largest
A man-made lake is called a…
a) Drainage Divide b) Basin c) Watershed d) Reservoir
d) Reservoir
What is a glacier?
a slowly moving mass or river of ice formed by the accumulation and compaction of snow on mountains or near the poles
What are the three states of water on Earth’s surface? How is the water moved around the Earth?
Liquid – water, solid – ice, gas – water vapour. The water cycle moves the water around the Earth through watersheds, clouds and even underground.
Which type of ice floats in the ocean?
a) Ice cap b) Ice Shelf c) Ice Sheet d) Iceberg
d) Iceberg
Which type of well provides the safest water?
a) Dug wells b) Driven wells c) Drilled wells d) None of the above
c) Drilled well
What is a Watershed?
an area or ridge of land that separates waters flowing to different rivers, basins, or seas.
Where does rainwater that lands on your roof end up? Explain its journey. Think watersheds and ground water.
It travels through the watershed or infiltrating the ground to increase the water table level and aquifer. It will likely start in a small stream, then go to a larger stream or small river, and then out to a large river or lake, and then to an ocean.
What is the term for water seeping into the ground?
a) Evaporation b) Condensation c) Infiltration
d) Deposition
c) Infiltration
When an area has a different climate due to being on a coast or on a mountain
a) Microclimate b) Tropical climate c) Macroclimate
d) Climate Zones
a) Microclimate
What is freshwater and where is it found?
Water that is not salty, found in lakes, rivers
What is the term for a stream or river that flows into a larger river?
a) Confluence b) Tributary c) Spring d) Estuary
b) Tributary
Which type of tropical storm hits North America?
a) Cyclones b) Hurricanes c) Typhoon
d) none of the above
b) Hurricanes
What is an aquifer?
a body of permeable rock which can contain or transmit groundwater. It is the abundance of water stored underground below the water table
Which aquifer is surrounded by rock and clay with no exposure to the ground level
a) Unconfined aquifer b) Reservoir aquifer
c) Ground aquifer d) Confined aquifer
d) Confined aquifer
Which term explains how cloudy water is?
a) pH level b) Bacteria c) Turbidity
d) Dissolved Oxygen
c) Turbidity
Define who would be a suitable candidate for Sam?
Maddie but only if she agrees.