Water cycle multiple choice questions

Question 1

What state is the most water on earth found…

Answer 1

Liquid

Question 2

What state is most freshwater on earth found…

Answer 2

Solid

Question 3

Where is most liquid freshwater on earth found…

Answer 3

Underground

Question 4

How much of earths liquid fresh water is found underground…

Answer 4

95%

Question 5

When water changes from liquid to gas it this is known as…

Answer 5

Evaporation

Question 6

Clouds are example of…

Answer 6

Condensation

Question 7

Plants release water into the atmosphere via…

Answer 7

Evapotranspiration

Question 8

And underground source of water that sits in a water bearing
formation is called…

Answer 8

Aquifer

Question 9

The areas of land that drain water into one main river or a lake are known as…

Answer 9

Watershed

Question 10

The uppermost level water reaches under the ground is called…

Answer 10

Water table

Question 11

What is it called when you water is being added to ground water?

Answer 11

Recharge

Question 12

How much of the earth is covered in water

Answer 12

74%

Question 13

The amount of salt in water is called

Answer 13

Salinity

Question 14

Salt and minerals that have accumulated over the ages in the lakes and ocean is from

Answer 14

Erosion

Question 15

The mixture of freshwater and saltwater is known as

Answer 15

Brackish water

Question 16

Why can’t we drink saltwater

Answer 16

Because it dries out our cells make us more thirsty and harms our body

Question 17

The second zone within the lake is the…

Answer 17

Limnetic Zone

Question 18

The zone within a lake that makes contact with the shore is known as

Answer 18

Littoral zone

Question 19

Which is not type of water pollution that we talked about

Answer 19

Mineral pollution

Question 20

The beginning point of a river is called a

Answer 20

Source

Question 21

The zone of the ocean that includes both exposure and submerging of organisms is the

Answer 21

Intertidal zone

Question 22

Which word also means salt water

Answer 22

Oceanic zone

Question 23

The area that is one of the most diverse and rich ecosystems where fresh and saltwater mix is called a

Answer 23

Estuary

Question 24

The deepest song of the water is known as the

Answer 24

Oceanic zone

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Warm and light making it the rich in nutrients

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Lake Baikal

Question 27

Unimportant zone in the ocean ecosystem is the one that contains brackish water and is known as the

Answer 27

Estuary zone

Question 28

What causes oceanic plates to be constantly moving

Answer 28

The rotation of the earth (it move slowly because of the interior of earth)

Question 29

How were most of the lakes in Canada formed

Answer 29

glaciation

Question 30

Which part of the scratch when is the only person left untouched by the last glaciation

Answer 30

Cypress Hills

Question 31

Land features the formations are evidence of glacial movement.I Wynding ridge of sand and gravel left behind are retreating glacier is called a

Answer 31

Moraine

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Kettle lakes

Question 33

Which is one of the causes of ocean currents

Answer 33

The pull of the moon

Question 34

What creates microclimate

Answer 34

An increase in temperature compared to the surrounding climate

Question 35

What are the warm surface currents that Come from tropical area is called

Answer 35

Gulf stream

Question 36

What is the change in water level in an ocean called

Answer 36

Tide

Question 37

The term climate refers to the average…

Answer 37

Weather measured over a long period of time

Question 38

A main difference between the waves and currents is that

Answer 38

Currents move more than waves

Question 39

How were most of the lakes in Canada formed

Answer 39

Glaciation

Question 40

Which part of Saskatchewan was the only portion left untouched by the last glaciation

Answer 40

Cypress Hills

Question 41

In the evening which of the following holds on the heat longer therefore creating a breeze

Answer 41

Water

Question 42

During the day which of the following absorbs heat from the sun more quickly

Answer 42

Land

Question 43

A breeze that usually occurs during the evening is called a

Answer 43

Land breeze

Question 44

A breeze that are usually occur during daytime is called

Answer 44

Seabreeze

Question 45

Which of the following are small hills then can show us the direction the glacier was moving by looking at its shape

Answer 45

drumlins

Question 46

What has had one of the greatest effects in shaping the Saskatchewan landscape

Answer 46

glaciers moving

Question 47

What is the largest use of water by people in the world

Answer 47

Agriculture

Question 48

What percentage of water world wide is used for industry

Answer 48

22%

Question 49

What is the greatest use of domestic water in Canada

Answer 49

Showers and baths

Question 50

What percentage of in their water is used for showers and baths

Answer 50

35%

Question 51

What area of land is flat and usually beside the rivers at the same level

Answer 51

Floodplain