Water Cycle
Any form of water that falls to the Earth’s surface from the clouds and includes rain, snow, sleet, and hail is called...
A. Condensation
B. Evaporation
C. Precipitation
D. Transpiration
C: Precipitation
True or False: The majority of the water on Earth evaporates from the oceans.
True
When the coronary arteries become blocked, what cardiovascular event results?
A. Stroke
B. Heart Attack
C. Atherosclerosis
D. Hypertension
B: Heart Attack
The continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean.
A. Thermocline
B. Water Cycle
C. Aquifer Cycle
D. Evaporation Cycle
B: Water Cycle
Part of the Earth that includes all the water on or near Earth’s surface. This includes water in the oceans, lakes, rivers, wetlands, polar ice caps, soil, rock layers beneath Earth’s surface, and clouds.
A. Atmosphere
B. Biosphere
C. Geosphere
D. Hydrosphere
D: Hydrosphere
The change of a substance from a liquid to a gas. This process begins the water cycle.
A. Evaporation
B. Condensation
C. Precipitation
D. Perspiration
A: Evaporation
The largest and deepest ocean in the world is called the....
A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Pacific Ocean
C. Southern Ocean
D. Indian Ocean
B: Pacific Ocean
What is the only liquid layer of the geosphere?
Outer Core
Upper zone of the ocean where there is enough sunlight for algae to carry out photosynthesis.
A. Thermocline Zone
B. Dead Zone
C. Epipelagic Zone
D. Biosphere Zone
C: Epipelagic Zone
True or False: The Southern Ocean is the only ocean in the world where pack ice can be found.
False (Pack Ice is found in the Arctic Ocean)
The change of state from a gas to a liquid. Clouds are formed as a result of this process.
A. Evaporation
B. Precipitation
C. Condensation
D. Perspiration
C: Condensation
The second largest ocean on Earth that is divided into a northern and southern half based on the direction of surface flow.
A. Pacific Ocean
B. Indian Ocean
C. Arctic Ocean
D. Atlantic Ocean
D: Atlantic Ocean
The northern lights occur in which layer of the atmosphere?
Thermosphere (Ionosphere)
A rock layer that stores and allows for the flow of groundwater is called a....
A. Thermocline
B. Aquifer
C. Sedimentary Zone
D. Pack Rock
B: Aquifer
The second smallest ocean in the world that is located around the continent of Antarctica.
A. Atlantic Ocean
B. Southern Ocean
C. Pacific Ocean
D. Indian Ocean
B: Southern Ocean
The deepest point on the ocean floor is located in the Pacific Ocean. What is this deepest point on the ocean floor called?
Where do surface currents in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans move in a clockwise direction?
A. South of the Equator
B. West of the Equator
C. North of the Equator
D. East of the Equator
C: North of the Equator
Which cell organelle is known as the "power house" of the cell?
Mitochondria
What is the name of the layer of the ocean below the epipelagic zone where temperature falls rapidly?
Thermocline
Where do surface currents in the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans move in a counterclockwise direction?
A. South of the Equator
B. North of the Equator
C. East of the Equator
D. West of the Equator
A: South of the Equator
There are three main parts of the water cycle. Name those three parts.
1 correct = 500 points
2 correct = 1,000 points
3 correct = 1,500 points
* Answers can be in any order:
1. Evaporation
2. Condensation
3. Precipitation
What are the five major oceans on planet Earth?
1 correct = 500 points
2 correct = 1,000 points
3 correct = 1,500 points
4 correct = 2,000 points
5 correct = 2,500 points
* Answers can be in any order:
1. Pacific Ocean
2. Atlantic Ocean
3. Indian Ocean
4. Southern Ocean
5. Arctic Ocean
What would happen if the oceans did not regulate atmospheric and surface temperatures?
Temperatures would be too extreme for life to exist on Earth.
What is the source that supplies the agricultural, industrial, and drinking water needs for all humans on Earth?
Bonus For double the points: What percentage of all the water on Earth does this source make up?
Groundwater
Bonus: 1 percent
What is the most important function of the world ocean?
To absorb and store energy from sunlight which in turn regulates temperatures in Earth's atmosphere.