EarthSystemsQuiz

ForQuestions14UsetheDiagramBelow
Thediagrambelowrepresentsthewatercycle.

Writetheletterfromthediagramthatbestfitseachwordorphrasebelow.
1.___Evaporation

2.____Precipitation

3.____Condensationandcloudformation

4.____Groundwaterandwatercollection

5.Theprocessofwearingawayrocksbynaturalmeansiscalled
a. erosion
b. weathering
c. faults
d. earthquakes

6.Theprocessofmovingsedimentbywind,movingwater,oriceis
a. erosion
b. weathering
c. earthquakes
d. faults

7.Rainandsnowarethetwoformsof
a. water
b. freshwater
c. saltwater
d. precipitation

8.________isaprocessinthewatercycle,wherewatervaporrisesinto
theatmosphere.
a. Precipitation
b. Transpiration
c. Condensation
d. Evaporation

9.Aplace's_______isthepatternsofweatherover
manyyears.
a. temperature
b. humidity
c. heat
d. climate

10.WhenEarthisseenfromouterspace,itlooksmainlyblue.Thisisbecause
mostoftheearthiscoveredwith
a. Ice
b. Mountains
c. Ocean
d. Desert

11.The__________isamixtureofgasesthatsurroundstheplanet.
a. troposphere
b. lithosphere
c. atmosphere
d. exosphere

12.TheconstantprocessinwhichwatermovesbetweenEarthandits
atmosphere
a. watercycle
b. tornado
c. weather
d.watershake

13.Themainingredientinsoilis
a. bacteria
b. weatheredrock
c. decayedanimalmaterial
d. decayedplantmaterial

14.Whatisgroundwater?
a. movingair
b. thebuildupofwateronEarth'ssurface
c. hugebodiesofair
d. aformoffreshwaterthatisfoundunderEarth'ssurface

15.Whatisanocean?
a. largebodyofsaltwater
b. thelandalongtheedgeoftheocean
c. upanddownmovementofsurface
water
d. repeatedriseandfallinlevelofthe
ocean
16.Oceanscoverabout__________oftheEarth'ssurface
a. 30%
b. 70%
c. 60%
d. 90%

17.Thereareseveralmethodsusedtoconservesoil.
a. True
b. False
18.Soilisaresourcethatcanbeuseduporwasted.
a. True
b. False

19.Whenairismovingwecallitwind
a. True
b. False

20.Weatherandclimatearebasicallythesamething.
a. True
b. False