Chapter 11 (Water Cycle) Post-quiz
1. the continuous movement of water from the ocean to the atmosphere to the land and back to the ocean
only to repeat again is called the
a. Percolation b. Water Cycle
c. Precipitation d. Permeability
2. This takes place when water from the oceans and the Earth’s surface changes into water vapor. Energy
from the sun causes this.
a. Percolation b. evaporation
c. Precipitation d. Permeability
3. This takes place when water vapor cools and changes into water droplets that form clouds in the
atmosphere.
a. Percolation b. condensation
c. Precipitation d. Permeability
4.What do you call rain, sleet, snow, or hail that fall from the clouds onto Earth’s land and oceans?
a. Percolation b. condensation
c. Precipitation d. Permeability
5. The downward movement of water through pores and other spaces in soil due to gravity.
a. percolation b. condensation
c. precipitation d. permeability
6. This is the evaporation of liquid water from plants and trees into the Earth’s atmosphere.
a. Percolation b. condensation
c. transpiration d. permeability
7. This is the process where ice and snow (a solid) changes into a gas without moving through the liquid
phase.
a. percolation b. condensation
c. sublimation d. Permeability
8. This is the movement of solid, liquid and gaseous water throughout the atmosphere. Without this
movement, all of the water evaporated over the ocean would not precipitate over land.
a. percolation b. condensation
c. sublimation d. transportation
9. Water vapor (a gas) changes into ice (a solid) without going through the liquid phase. This is most often
seen on clear and cold nights when frost forms on the ground.
a. deposition b. condensation
c. sublimation d. transportation
10. This is the movement of water into the ground from the surface.
a. deposition b. condensation
c. infiltration d. transportation
11. This is the river, lake, and stream transport of water to the oceans. The water may return to the surface
in springs or eventually seep into the oceans.
a. deposition b. condensation
c. infiltration d. surface flow
12. A stream that flows into a larger stream.
a. tributary b. watershed
c. delta d. load transport
13. The area of land that is drained by a water system.
a. tributary b. watershed
c. delta d. load transport
14. A fan shaped mass of material deposited at the mouth of a stream.
a. tributary b. watershed
c. delta d. load transport
15. That mass of material that is carried by a stream or river.
a. load b. watershed
c. delta d. load transport
16. Fan shaped delta deposits that unlike deltas, form on dry land. The slope of the land decreases sharply.
a. load b. watershed
c. alluvial fan d. load transport
17. An area along a river that forms from sediments deposited when the river overflows its banks.
a. flood plain b. watershed
c. alluvial fan d. load transport
18. Where rain water collects underground- this is where the spaces between the rock particles are filled
with water.
a. flood plain b. zone of saturation
c. alluvial fan d. water table
19. The upper surface of underground water- it’s the upper boundary of the zone of saturation.
a. flood plain b. zone of saturation
c. aquifer d. water table
20. The body of rock or sediment that stores groundwater and allows the flow of groundwater.
a. flood plain b. zone of saturation
c. aquifer d. water table
21. The percentage of the total volume of a rock or sediment that consist of open spaces. Its how much
spacethe aquifer has to hold water.
a. flood plain b. porosity
c. aquifer d. permeability
22. The ability of a rock or sediment to let fluids pass through its open spaces or pores.
a. flood plain b. porosity c. aquifer d. permeability