Changes
Role of the Ocean
Describe the process
Vocabulary
Assessment Review
100
The process of turning from a liquid into a gas due to heating
Evaporation
100
Where is 97% of the earth's water found
The ocean
100
What causes water to evaporate?
The sun's heat
100
The cycle of processes by which water circulates between the earth's oceans, atmosphere, and land
The water cycle
100
Lake Okeechobee is in Florida. The map below shows where the lake is in the state. How would water most likely move from the Gulf of Mexico to Lake Okeechobee?
A. by ocean water flowing up a river that joins with the lake.
B. by ocean flooding and water flowing overland into the lake.
C. by ocean water evaporating and entering the lake when it rains.
D. by water seeping through the ocean floor and welling up into the lake.
C. by ocean water evaporating and entering the lake when it rains
200
The process of changing back from a gas to a liquid due to cooling
Condensation
200
How does water normally leave the ocean to join the rest of the water cycle?
Through evaporation
200
What causes water vapor to change into liquid water again (condensation)
Cooling or lowering temperatures
200
The name for the gaseous form of water
Water vapor
200
A puddle evaporated from a sidewalk. What happened to the water that caused it to evaporate?
A. The water cooled down then evaporated
B. The water disappeared before evaporating
C. The water heated up then evaporated
D. The water soaked into the concrete sidewalk before evaporating
C. The water heated up then evaporated
300
Rain, snow, sleet or hail
Precipitation
300
What is the name of the world's largest reservoir?
The ocean
300
________ is the only substance on Earth that is found as solid, liquid and gas naturally
Water
300
A place where fluid collects on Earth
A reservoir
300
Which process plays the greatest role in removing water from the ocean?
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation
D. Runoff
B. Evaporation
400
The process by which moisture is carried through plants from roots to small pores on the underside of leaves, where it changes to vapor and is released to the atmosphere
transpiration
400
In the water cycle, water moving from oceans to clouds involves which change in the water cycle?
A-It changes from solid to gas
B-It turns from salt water to fresh water
C-Its crystal size becomes smaller
D-Its chemical energy increases
B-It turns from salt water to fresh water
400
What causes clouds to form
Water vapor cooling and condensing in the atmopshere
400
The draining away of water from the surface of an area of land or other structure
Runoff
400
Rosita makes a model of the water cycle. She placed a small cup with some warm water inside a plastic bag and sets the bag in a sunny window. Rosita checks the model after 1 day. The figure below shows what Rosita observes
A. Cloud formation
B. Only water evaporation
C. Only water condensation
D. Both water evaporation and condensation
D. Both water evaporation and condensation
500
Which statement is true about both groundwater and surface water
A-Rainwater forms both the groundwater and the surface water
B-The groundwater and the surface water together form a drainage basin
C- The water levels of both ground and surface water stay stable.
D-Both groundwater and surface water are purified as they soak through the soil layers
A-Rainwater forms both the groundwater and the surface water
500
What do ocean currents carry that affect most climates?
Heat
500
What two processes of the water cycle require the sun?
Transpiration and eveaporation
500
What is a aquifer?
An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing, permeable rock, gravel, sand, or silt that stores and transmits groundwater.
500
If there is a great deal of precipitation occurring in a short time, which process of the water cycle will be affected first?
Runoff